Psychological safety has exploded in the leadership conversation. Google searches for the term have increased dramatically since 2016, with a sharp spike in recent years. Google's Project Aristotle brought it to the spotlight. Amy Edmondson's decades of research built the foundation. It's becoming an essential part of the conversation about high-performing teams, and for good reason. Teams with psychological safety perform better, innovate faster, and retain talent longer…

Contains spoilers for Good Fortune (2025).

I walked out of Aziz Ansari's Good Fortune in tears, which completely surprised me for a comedy. I was expecting a lighthearted story about a life swap between a struggling gig worker and a wealthy venture capitalist, but what I found was a sophisticated exploration of collective power, workplace inequality, and the slow, exhausting work of creating systemic change.

What struck me immediately was the extraordinary representation - Aziz Ansari himself, Keanu Reeves, Sandra Oh, Keke Palmer, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Wil Sylvince, Felipe Garcia Martinez, Blanca Araceli, Sherry Cola, Seth Rogen, Joe Mande... and the list goes on. The casting felt authentically inclusive of real world diversity.

As someone who's spent the past four years doing private advocacy work around workplace culture, this film hit me in ways I wasn't prepared for…