Provan’s “safety of work” and “work of safety” are two different ways of thinking about occupational health and safety (OHS) in the workplace The “safety of work” approach focuses on the risks and hazards that are inherent to a particular […]...
Welcome to the psychological safety newsletter and thanks for subscribing You are amazing This week discusses some things to think about before measuring psychological safety Measuring Psychological Safety I’ve had a lot of conversations recently about measuring psycho...
It might be sometimes hard to tell whether people in a team feel psychologically safe, or how safe they feel The more you hear these phrases, more psychologically safe they’re likely to be Indicators of Psychological Safety in a Team […]...
Psychological safety is “The belief that one will not be punished or humiliated for speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes, and that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking” (Edmondson, 1999) Also stated as “A belief that […]...
Psychological safety is “The belief that one will not be punished or humiliated for speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes, and that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking” (Edmondson, 1999) Also stated as “A belief that […]...
With companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Stripe and many others announcing redundancies and layoffs, it’s crucial to consider the impact that this has on both the people who are leaving companies, and the people staying Making people redundant has an […]...
Welcome to the psychological safety newsletter and thanks for subscribing You are amazing This week discusses dealing with learning from incidents, plus Elon Musk, share of voice, and Extreme Negative Feedback We have some new stickers too! These glow in the dark, […]...
Welcome to the psychological safety newsletter and thanks for subscribing You are amazing This week discusses guardrails, micro-behaviours, weak signals, diving and more! Safety Guardrails, Mechanisms and Culture In working with psychological safety, we often touch on “real” or...
Whether organisations like to admit it or not, toxic work culture is still a major problem A study from the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found that any workplace, which holds some form of toxicity and hostility, will likely see […]...
“You should know that already” “Don’t bring me problems, bring me solutions” “Who’s to blame for this” “We cannot get this wrong” “There will be zero mistakes on this project” eye roll “Don’t be so negative” &#...
As a leader, or a member of a team, you’re probably pretty good at creating a psychologically safe environment where performance is high and people can flourish Providing clarity of expectations, goals, team behaviours, and exhibiting generative leadership practices may […]...
Ever since Google’s Project Aristotle in 2013, we’ve been able to recognise that psychological safety is the foundation for high performing teams This is an ever-evolving collection of articles, papers and resources on psychological safety in relation to technology, software […]...
Why do you want to foster greater psychological safety in your organisation To improve employee retention To increase productivity Reduce risk Improve innovation Or simply because it’s the right thing to do for people I often talk about the business […]...
I’ve had managers who said this to me in the past, and I’ve said it myself It seems, on the face of it, to be a wise suggestion Ask your people to think about solutions to the problems they encounter […]...
This is an evolving collection of links, resources and research related to psychological safety in education, academia, and teaching practice Collated from the psychological safety newsletter and updated (reasonably) frequently! Check out the Psychological Safety Practice Playbook for Education, a [...
Psychological safety plays a key role in healthcare and clinical teams, and indeed is the domain in which some of the foundational research by Dr Amy Edmondson was conducted Here is a selection of excellent resources, studies and examples of psychological safety in healthcare and medicine...
Digital Transformation originally referred to the transition of an organisation towards delivering its products and services via digital or technological means, from a traditional physical or analogue delivery system For example, Netflix transitioning from posting DVDs to your house, to […]...
How often do you find yourself anxious and afraid to start something in case you fail, in case you’re not doing it “right”, or in case it doesn’t have the result you expect Psychological safety makes it safe to fail, […]...
Silence in a meeting can be a warning sign of very low psychological safety, but that’s not always, or even usually, the case We all have our own, very different, preferences for how we speak up, contribute and communicate, especially […]...