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tl;dr - teams are most effective when people feel psychological safe to contribute equally. Creating psychological safety can be accomplished through conversational turn-taking and empathy. In the best teams, members listen to one another and show sensitivity to each other’s ideas feelings and needs.

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See Asimov's ideas on creativity - it is essential for the production of new ideas that team members feel they are in an environment where "stupid" ideas are not mocked. For every 1 good idea it's fair to imagine there might be 10 daft ones. The more ideas in circulation the better - and it also gives people with daft ideas an opportunity to have them challenged in a constructive fashion - which may lead to them developing the kernel of their idea that might not be so daft.

    http://www.openculture.com/2014/10/isaac-asimov-explains-the-origins-of-good-ideas-creativity.html

This is the best high-level summary so far. The thesis doesn't really crystallize towards the end of the article. I'm not sure if people aren't reading the entire piece or if the author needs to work on clarity a bit.

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