>>> want honest feedback and that they are safe to offer it The key word is safe. It’s not safe. Or they don’t think it is safe. The problem is almost always

>>> want honest feedback and that they are safe to offer it The key word is safe. It’s not safe. Or they don’t think it is safe. The problem is almost always going to be the person asking and saying “it’s safe”. Or their boss. Which just repeats the problem one level up. And you know the solution? Weirdly it’s democracy. The idea of enough of us know the secret we can replace the problem. Often we don’t have to do the socially difficult problem of explaining why that politician is a knucklehead, we just don’t vote for them. I had never seen democracy as a solution to awkward social hierarchy problems !