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The behaviors an organization rewards and punishes: information flow, safety to speak up, and what Westrum's typology reveals about yours.

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Concept Product Habits

The behavioral shifts that separate product-thinking teams from feature factories, spanning stakeholder interactions, planning, research, prioritization, and team structure.

Concept Psychological Safety

A team climate where people feel safe to voice concerns, challenge the status quo, experiment, and risk failure without fear of punishment.

Concept Westrum's Typology

A model classifying organizational cultures as Pathological, Bureaucratic, or Generative based on how they handle information.

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article Walking the Walk

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Paper A Typology of Organisational Cultures

Ron Westrum's 2004 paper classifying organizational cultures as Pathological, Bureaucratic, or Generative based on information flow.

Book The Fearless Organization

Amy Edmondson's research-backed case for psychological safety as the foundation of high-performing teams.