Psychological Safety: The Hard Parts

Psychological Safety: The Hard Parts

@onealexharms

Inability to Act when you’re scared

abilty to speak up and atake interpersonal risks, without fear of the consequences.

No one can create a safe environment - its emergent. The best you can do is contribute

If we have safety we have the resilience to do harder work. If I feel unsafe I need to find comfort.

Create a safe environemnt

  • Frame the work as uncertain
  • Expose your own fallibility
  • Model curiosity

A relationship needs Authenticity Empathy Fondness

The hard part: Getting from judgement to curiosity

Team agreement session: How do you want to be treated? What do you need to feel safe?

You can humanize people