It is often said that silence implies assent. But in organisations, it often signals something else entirely: fear, disengagement, or quiet resistance.

#Leadership #OrganisationalBehaviour #QuietQuitting #EmployeeVoice #PsychologicalSafety #Management #WorkplaceCulture #SilenceAtWork

https://robert.winter.ink/silence-in-organisational-behaviour/

Silence in Organisational Behaviour

Another day, another meeting, and the thrumming monotony was broken by something which is commonplace when there is no consensus—silence. The moment put me in mind of the French composer Claude Debussy (1862–1918) who observed: ‘Music is the silence between the notes.’ Yet in an organisational context, silence is seldom music and never golden. This […]

Dr Robert N. Winter