{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/invite-bad-news-before-status-polish",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9099",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Invite bad news before status polish",
  "summary": "Make early problem surfacing a normal input, not an admission of failure.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Open reviews with the largest new risk, surprise or uncertainty before progress highlights. Respond first by clarifying evidence and needed help.",
  "limits": [
    "Psychological safety does not mean agreement, low standards or protection from consequences. Keep respectful challenge separate from unaccountable behavior."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-lead-without-authority-stakeholder-systems"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-493AB5604F2E78B2"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "A meta-analysis of 136 independent samples linked psychological safety with multiple workplace antecedents and outcomes at individual and group levels.",
      "source_id": "RS-493AB5604F2E78B2",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "The synthesis combines varied designs; it supports a bounded association, not a guarantee that any single speaking-up technique causes better performance.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "When status meetings reward green slides and problems appear only when they are expensive."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Psychological safety does not mean agreement, low standards or protection from consequences. Keep respectful challenge separate from unaccountable behavior."
  ],
  "example": "A workstream starts with 'three markets cannot supply the required field' before showing completed mappings.",
  "check": "Material bad news can appear while there is still time to act.",
  "steps": [
    "Ask for the biggest new surprise.",
    "Ask what is getting harder.",
    "Clarify evidence before assigning blame.",
    "Choose the next containment or learning action."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-493AB5604F2E78B2",
      "title": "Psychological Safety: A Meta-Analytic Review and Extension",
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12183"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9099",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9100",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/ask-for-disconfirming-information-first"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-47952011564F7728",
      "title": "Lead without formal authority: stakeholder decisions, delegation, voice, and team learning",
      "url": "/collections/lead-without-formal-authority-stakeholder-decisions-delegation-voice-and-team-learning"
    }
  ]
}