When was

the last time you avoided speaking up or trying something new because you were

afraid of what others might think or say about you? This is a common feeling in

psychologically unsafe environments. This episode, we discuss what

psychological safety is, why it is important to foster in work environments,

and how to go about creating a psychologically safe space for your team. We

also share our own experiences with two highly charged environments that

require significant amounts of vulnerability and (by association) psychological

safety for you to “perform” effectively.

Timestamps:

1:00: What

is psychological safety?

2:35: What

implications does psychological safety have for workplaces?

4:25: How

do you foster a psychologically safe work environment?

7:37: This

is not Homework: Identifying psychologically safe and unsafe environments

8:41: Our

experiences in psychologically (un)safe environments

8:58:

Nicholas’s example: improv classes

14:39:

Jose’s example: playing in a band

Mentioned This Episode:

Science for Work evidence summary on psychological safety - https://scienceforwork.com/blog/psychological-safety

 

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Credits:

Our intro

and outro music is “Ingenuity” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under Creative Commons

(CC BY-NC 3.0). You can find more of Lee’s music at https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/. https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/. Our transition music for this episode is “Southside”

also by Lee; licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0).

Logo Artwork by Antonella Espinoza. Find her at @ellaspin on Twitter!