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Mark Graban: Lean Leadership & More Oct 21, 2026

Psychological Safety Means Everyone Gets Their Say, Not Their Way

Psychological safety means everybody can have their say. It doesn’t mean they get their way. The goal is candor, not…

Mark Graban: Lean Leadership & More Oct 21, 2026

Why People Stay Silent at Work: Leading with Psychological Safety Preview

Someone sees a problem coming, a wrong assumption, or a risk in the plan. They don’t say anything, and the moment…

Mark Graban: Lean Leadership & More Oct 21, 2026

Change Theater and the Illusion of Progress | Elisabeth Hendrickson & Joel Tosi

Counting how many teams run Agile ceremonies is measuring activity, not improvement. Elisabeth Hendrickson and Joel Tosi…

Mark Graban: Lean Leadership & More Oct 20, 2026

Psychological Safety Isn’t a Formula. It’s Leadership Behavior.

Psychological safety doesn’t come from a tidy formula. Leaders build it through specific behaviors, repeated over…

Mark Graban: Lean Leadership & More Oct 19, 2026

Getting the Deal Early Would Have Sunk Us | Tyler McBroom

Tyler McBroom asked to reschedule a 10:30 PM call about partnering with Tony Robbins, then spent three years trying to…

Mark Graban: Lean Leadership & More Oct 19, 2026

Why Employees Don’t Speak Up | Psychological Safety Keynote

Why don’t employees speak up? Fear is part of it. But most silence comes from futility - people have spoken up before…

Mark Graban: Lean Leadership & More Oct 19, 2026

The Tony Robbins Meeting He Rescheduled | Tyler McBroom

CPA Tyler McBroom had a call booked to discuss partnering with Tony Robbins. It was set for 10:30 PM, so he asked to…

Mark Graban: Lean Leadership & More Oct 15, 2026

I Spent Months Teaching an AI Coach Not to Answer

I built an AI coach this year, and almost all of the work went into teaching it not to answer questions. Early on,…