In this milestone 50th episode, Vishal unpacks why even the best-designed pods and scorecards collapse without psychological safety. Drawing on research from Amy Edmondson, Google’s Project Aristotle, and the Center for Creative Leadership, he explains how trust enables teams to span boundaries and solve problems at scale. Expect practical rituals like weekly dependency huddles, immediate retrospectives, and end-to-end demo days turning cross-team collaboration from stressful heroics into sustainable a rhythm.

References:

1) Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams: https://doi.org/10.2307/2666999

2) Project Aristotle: Understanding team effectiveness:vhttps://rework.withgoogle.com/intl/en/guides/understanding-team-effectiveness

3) Bridging the Boundary: External Activity and Performance in Organizational Teams: https://doi.org/10.2307/2393475

4) Boundary Spanning Leadership: Mission Critical Perspectives from the Executive Suite: https://cclinnovation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/boundaryspanningleadership.pdf

5) Do Team and Individual Debriefs Enhance Performance? A Meta-Analysis: https://doi.org/10.1177/0018720812448394

Music Credit: Switch It Up, performed by Silent Partner, from the YouTube Studio Audio Library