What is Psychological Safety?? why is it important to have Psychological safety within a team and how to promote it?

1. Who is doing
a critical Job
here???

2. What Exactly
are they doing
here??

3. What is missing
here??

4. Silence in
Teams
(Hiding the
opinion) ..
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0wEfd
hbHUk

6. Psychological Safety
A hidden balloon

7. Protect yourself…..

8. Let's Compare Two teams, Which team is
more highest performing team??
Team A
• Fewer Mistakes
• Single point of contact.
• Stretch Goals
• Follows the leader
Team B
• Multiple Mistakes
• Too Many questions.
• Difference in opinions.

9. Psychological Safety
means…
It is okay to voicing concerns, doubts, ideas,
mistakes, etc
Break the culture of Silence
Open mindedness
Upholding mutual respect and taking time to
understand other point of views.
Be Curious
Not afraid of negative consequences like being
criticized, ignored, laughed at, or punished.

12. Psychological
Safety vs
Trust
• trust is more about one-on-one relationships
where as psychological safety describes a
workplace climate

13. How to promote
Psychological safety:
Admit you’re not perfect; ask for feedback
Build strong personal relationships
Make everyone an insider
Design participation to include everyone
Promote candor and transparency
Anything else ??????

14. Further Readings:
• Amy Edmondson, professor of leadership and management at
Harvard Business School
• Psychological Safety and Learning Behaviour in Work
Teams. Administrative Science Quarterly, 44 (2): 350–383

15. • By
Nagarchana Madduru.
Experienced Agile Program/ Project
Manager, Certified SAFe Agilist., PSM,ICP-
ACC,Agile Coach