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Combine high psychological safety with high performance
Combine high psychological safety with high performance standards rather than choosing between them, because the learning zone requires both the safety to take risks and the motivation to pursue challenging goals.
Why This Is a Principle
This principle derives from Psychological safety—the perception that interpersonal risks and Edmondson's 2x2 framework. It prescribes simultaneous raising of both dimensions rather than treating them as a tradeoff. The four-quadrant model (learning/comfort/anxiety/apathy zones) shows why both variables matter.