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!