---
id: "action-ask-collaboration-questions"
type: "action-item"
source_timestamps: ["\\\"§ Reframe AI integration as a learning process", "not an execution process.\\\""]
source_url: "https://hbr.org/2026/02/how-to-foster-psychological-safety-when-ai-erodes-trust-on-your-team"
source_title: "How to Foster Psychological Safety When AI Erodes Trust on Your Team"
tags: ["leadership-questions", "team-dynamics"]
related: ["framework-ai-integration-principles"]
speakers: ["Jayshree Seth", "Amy C. Edmondson"]
action: "Ask team members how AI tools are affecting their interpersonal collaboration and trust calibration."
outcome: "Shifts focus from tech evaluation to team dynamics and learning."
sources: ["adoption"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-adoption"
originDay: 9
articleStem: "hbr-cl-79-psychological-safety-ai-trust"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/02/how-to-foster-psychological-safety-when-ai-erodes-trust-on-your-team"
sourceTitle: "How to Foster Psychological Safety When AI Erodes Trust on Your Team"
---
# Ask How AI Affects Collaboration

**Action.** Leaders should shift their inquiry *away* from technical performance ("Is the AI working well?") and *toward* team dynamics. Concrete questions to ask team members:
- "How is working with AI affecting how you collaborate with each other?"
- "What are you learning about when to trust AI versus when to rely on human judgment?"

**Outcome.** Moves the leadership lens from tech evaluation to team dynamics and learning — operationalizing pillar 1 of the [[framework-ai-integration-principles|Psychological Safety Principles framework]] ("reframe AI integration as a learning process") and surfacing early signs of [[concept-trust-ambiguity]] before it hardens.