"Most people tend to think safety and danger are opposites. But it's more useful to think of them as dance partners. Safety gives us solid footing; danger gives us movement. The emotional sweet spot between the two-where you feel safe but challenged enough to discover something new-is something I call Safe Danger. I base entire team-building and community-building workshops around moments of safe danger."
"Most of us think of risks as a threat to our safety. But what if they're the best way to create the kind of safety that matters most-trust, creativity, and connection? What if safety itself doesn't come from avoiding risk, but from taking small, smart risks together? Listen to the audio version of this Book Bite-read by Ben himself-below, or in the Next Big Idea App."
Safe Danger defines an emotional sweet spot where people feel secure enough to take small, meaningful risks that build trust, empathy, and connection. Safety provides grounding; danger provides movement that prompts growth and creativity. Practicing Safe Danger involves designing low-stakes prompts—sharing a formative influence or a hard-earned lesson—that invite vulnerability without demanding deep confessions. Facilitators use short, scaffolded exercises to make future risks feel less intimidating and to accelerate relationship-building. The method scales from classrooms to Fortune 500 teams and aims to spark collaboration, purpose, and innovation by normalizing collective, manageable risk-taking.
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