Causes of Disaster at Chernobyl: The Absence of Psychological Safety (See below for the complete article) In 1986, the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl in the Ukrainian SSR (the territory of modern Ukraine) suffered a catastrophic failure that directly killed […]| Psych Safety
Weaponisation of Psychological Safety This week was a bit rubbish to be honest. We had a nasty experience when we were the victims of a rather sophisticated fraud attempt. It could have been awful, but with the help of various […]| Psych Safety
Team performance isn't the only reason that we foster psychological safety. We also do it because we want people to feel fulfilled in their jobs, we don’t want people to leave a team because they don’t feel included, we want people to experience less unnecessary stress and have greater mental wellbeing, we want to foster greater diversity and inclusion. Ultimately, we foster psychological safety because it's fundamentally the right thing to do.| Psych Safety
Measuring psychological safety? Here are some tips on choosing the right tool for the job. As awareness of the importance of psychological safety in the workplace increases, there is a corresponding increase in the number of psychometric tools, applications and […]| Psych Safety
Psychological Safety Behaviours: The Big List Psychological safety is a belief that the group is safe for interpersonal risk taking (Edmondson, 1999). There are many ways we can help to foster these environments, but it’s important to remember that we […]| Psych Safety
How psychological safety emerges and changes over time in the workplace. Given that psychological safety itself is a relatively young field, there’s not a huge amount of published research that addresses the longitudinal dynamics of psychological safety in the workplace: […]| Psych Safety
Ten Ways to Foster Psychological Safety in the Workplace We’ve been reflecting on our last few years of experience delivering psychological safety workshops, training and consultancy in organisations around the world. Based on all those wonderful experiences, working with industries […]| Psych Safety
The Workplace Psychological Safety Act (WPSA) is proposed USA legislation aimed at addressing and mitigating psychological abuse, including bullying and mobbing, in the workplace. This act seeks to provide comprehensive protection for all employees, regardless of their membership in a […]| Psych Safety
The online Psychological Safety Community has been live since early 2021, and currently has around 800 members. It’s completely free to join, and we have some great conversations there. A lot of newsletter topics and sharing items come from discussions […]| Psych Safety
Psychological Safety and DevOps Practices This is a special edition article by Balázs Szakmáry Developing software of any real complexity is a task that goes well beyond one person and one computer. The people, the machines, and the processes involved […]| Psych Safety
