The military has steep hierarchy. Chain of command. Rank matters. Orders are orders. And yet military teams often have the highest trust of any organization type. How does that work? The framework says psychological safety requires leader vulnerability. Requires flattened power dynamics. Requires voice flowing freely. The military has none

Netflix doesn't do psychological safety. Not the way the research describes it. They fire people regularly. They have "keeper tests." Would you fight to keep this person? No? Fire them. They publish this in their culture deck. They're proud of it. And they'