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Jade Garratt Biography Full version Jade is a highly respected thought leader and recognised expert in psychological safety and education. With 17 years’ experience spanning teaching, charities, higher education, consultancy and the private sector, she brings a unique blend of […]| Psych Safety
Psychological safety is created through shared values and positive behaviours, where a culture of trusting, helping, and elevating means that all members of the team can work productively and be their true selves, without fear. There are great benefits to […]| Psych Safety
Welcome to the psychological safety newsletter and thanks for subscribing. You are amazing. This week discusses power, rituals, 360 feedback, and psychological safety in the military. If you enjoy reading this newsletter, please share it via your social networks and/or forward it to other […]| Psych Safety
The Spectrum of Participation by Jade Garratt Engagement and participation are terms we often throw around to mean “getting people’s take on issues that affect them.” But not all participation is created equal. Sometimes, “inviting participation” amounts to little more […]| Psych Safety
By Jade Garratt In our experience, the most effective lever for increasing psychological safety within a team is flattening the power gradient – the gap between those with the most power and those with the least. In practice, this usually […]| Psych Safety
Addressing Power through “Flattening” Organisations Steep power gradients are one of the most significant factors that contribute to reducing psychological safety. These steep differentials in perceived power have contributed to many disasters including the Tenerife Airport disaster in 1977, Chernobyl, […]| Psych Safety
Typologies of Power In a few previous newsletters, we’ve gotten into power dynamics, power gradients, “power over” vs “power for” and “power to” (see Mary Parker Follett). Steep power gradients are the number one inhibitor of psychological safety, and addressing […]| Psych Safety
How to foster psychological safety with your own manager. By Jade Garratt Psychological safety isn’t only the responsibility of those in leadership positions. We believe that if you have the power to destroy psychological safety for someone – if you […]| Psych Safety
