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full-title:: What Happens to Psychological Safety When Going Remote? site:: omnivore.app date-saved:: 08-04-2024 source:: Omnivore state:: reading

- ### Highlights
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	- > work mode, in which teams are split 

	  into on-site and remote workers) sug-

	  gests that remote workers tend to have 

	  significantly reduced team cohesion, 

	  poor awareness of “who did what” 

	  and “who knows what,” divergent 

	  viewpoints, conflicts [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-bc-6-e-9-f-64-f-5-c-2-11-ee-9417-8-bda-840-d-3762-what-happens-18ebe7b1c2d#94850736-e8cf-4c8d-97f8-f3957651c6ec)
	- > The first studies on “tele-

	  working” appeared in the 1970s and 

	  regarded it as a temporary and often 

	  partial practice chosen by few. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-bc-6-e-9-f-64-f-5-c-2-11-ee-9417-8-bda-840-d-3762-what-happens-18ebe7b1c2d#93af4640-7c4a-45c2-99b6-d15b78879b4f)
	- > Yet, remote WFH has never been so 

	  widespread as it is currently. Thus, the 

	  impact of WFH on software develop-

	  ment practices has been in the spot-

	  light of research and practice. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-bc-6-e-9-f-64-f-5-c-2-11-ee-9417-8-bda-840-d-3762-what-happens-18ebe7b1c2d#ffa55ebe-3cce-4494-93fc-97eb44da88b7)
	- > We find flexible work to offer a trade-off 

	  between being able to stay focused and as a team 

	  being able to maintain psychological safety [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-bc-6-e-9-f-64-f-5-c-2-11-ee-9417-8-bda-840-d-3762-what-happens-18ebe7b1c2d#7d0df656-bda4-429c-8760-fc444017f392)
	- > Teams in 

	  fully remote WFH mode suffer from 

	  a limited ability to brainstorm, diffi-

	  culty communicating, and decreased 

	  satisfaction with social interactions. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-bc-6-e-9-f-64-f-5-c-2-11-ee-9417-8-bda-840-d-3762-what-happens-18ebe7b1c2d#8d9e981c-1fff-4243-b4f9-12be6c0e1de1)