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Podcast: The Strategy Skills Podcast: Strategy | Leadership | Critical Thinking | Problem-Solving
Episode: 595: What AI Can't Replace: Former design lead at IDEO on Safe Danger, Trust, and the Future of Work
Description: In this week's Strategy Skills episode, we spoke with Ben Swire, author of Safe Danger and former leader at IDEO. His thesis is trust and psychological safety aren't byproducts. They're designable conditions. And when designed correctly, they create room for calculated risk, creativity, and deeper collaboration. Below are a few insights that stood out: 1. Experiential culture > Instructional culture "There's a difference between handing someone bullet points on how to build trust and giving them a space to practice it." Swire's workshops deliberately use low-stakes emotional challenges to normalize openness...