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Introduction Thanks for subscribing to the psychological safety newsletter! This week we have loads on psychological safety in healthcare and medicine, diversity and inclusion, technology, and exciting news about the psych safety community!We now have a Psychological Safety Community on Slack! Read more here:  https://www.psychsafety.co.uk/psychological-safety-slack-community/ and/or sign up here: https://join.slack.com/t/psychsafety/shared_invite/zt-p0xlx85u-vjkgxHkrpQw4r7C0wU3tAA Work and industry: The big news this week – The UK FCA…
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Introduction Thanks for subscribing to the psychological safety newsletter! This week we have a load of great pieces on education, health and medicine, the work environment and more. Issue #7 is brought to you by Attuned. Attuned fills the holes in your team’s motivation to make work more meaningful. Drawing on decades of academic research into…
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Introduction Thanks for subscribing to the psychological safety newsletter! I find it really encouraging and exciting that so many people around the world and in all types and sizes of organisations are working towards creating great, psychologically safe cultures. You rock. This issue is brought to you by Attuned. Attuned fills the holes in your team’s…
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IntroductionIn this issue, we have one of the best paper titles I’ve read in a while, some fantastic pieces about psychological safety in the workplace, and articles, videos and podcasts on health and medicine, sport, and education. Look out below for the awesome psychological safety cards by Ben Linders! This issue is brought to you by Attuned.…
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IntroductionIn this issue, we have a great piece about diversity and inclusion, an integrative graphic, an super article from Duena Blomstrom about the concept of “Human Debt”, and, since this newsletter now has more subscribers than I ever imagined possible (thanks to Dr Edmondson), my favourite poem in the whole world: “We Have Come To Be…
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In this edition, two pieces focussing on women stand at the top; not only was it International Women’s Day on Monday, but the issue of women’s safety has been highlighted in the UK by the tragic murder of Sarah Everard. Whilst not specifically about psychological safety, this is a great article by Kat Nicholls about what allies can do to help women feel safer:“Women are doing enough: Here’s…
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News and opinion: This week, psychological safety seemed to really hit the mainstream business world. Maybe it’s the pandemic, maybe it’s just about time, but either way, it’s a great thing: A fantastic piece from Brian Proffitt at Red Hat’s Open Source Program Office: Culture and engagement in community onboarding: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/culture-and-engagement-community-onboarding Forbes: How CEO style affects culture (hint: Psychological Safety…
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News and opinion: This is an excellent article by Jonathan Smart (of “Sooner, Safer, Happier”) about the Boeing 737 Max issues and how they stemmed from a lack of psychological safety at all levels of the organisation: https://itrevolution.com/lack-of-psychological-safety-at-boeing/ Leadership lessons in psychological safety from a pandemic: https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/01/18/leaders-building-psychological-safety-will-thrive-post-covid.html LGBTQ+ workers experience higher levels of conflict, lower levels of psychological…
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