Velocidade de aprendizagem (parte II)

Quando penso nos problemas de medição, análise e decisão nas organizações (recordar, por exemplo, "Velocidade de aprendizagem") não consigo deixar de pensar no sentimento de insegurança de quem ocupa as posições de chefia, e receia expor-se ao escrutínio dos outros.

Ontem, na minha leitura matinal apanhei este artigo "5 Behaviors of Leaders Who Embrace Change" onde sublinhei:

"The old adage says that bad news doesn’t travel up. During the integration of an acquisition or even in the internal merger of business units, there will be bad news that the organization needs to learn from. But for real learning to occur, people need to feel psychologically safe to share the good, the bad, and the ugly."

Ao ler isto, não pude deixar de fazer a ponte para uma outra leitura recente, "The Infinite Game" de Simon Sinek:

“Human beings are hardwired to protect ourselves. We avoid danger and seek out places in which we feel safe. The best place to be is among others around whom we feel safe and who we know will help protect us. The most anxiety-inducing place to be is alone—where we feel we have to protect ourselves from the people on our own team. Real or perceived, when there is danger, we act from a place of fear rather than confidence. So just imagine how people act when they work in constant fear of missing out on a promotion, fear of getting in trouble, fear of being mocked, fear of not fitting in, fear of their boss thinking they’re an idiot, fear of finding themselves on a short list for the next round of layoffs.
Fear is such a powerful motivator that it can force us to act in ways that are completely counter to our own or our organization’s best interests. Fear can push us to choose the best finite option at the risk of doing infinite damage. And in the face of fear, we hide the truth. Which is pretty bad in any circumstance, but when an organization is doing badly, it’s even worse.
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The new chief had to build a “Circle of Safety” first. Without it, nothing else he needed to do would work.
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A Circle of Safety is a necessary condition for trust to exist. It describes an environment in which people feel psychologically safe to be vulnerable around their colleagues. Safe to admit mistakes, point out gaps in their training, share their fears and anxieties and, of course, ask for help with the confidence that others will support them instead of using that information against them.
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In an organization, it is the leader’s responsibility to take the first risk, to build a Circle of Safety. But then it is up to the employee to take a chance and step into the Circle of Safety. A leader cannot force anyone into the circle.”

Seja no público, seja no privado, quantas organizações criam este circulo de segurança, onde se pode ser franco e frágil?