I was part of an internal leadership round table where part of the prep was this video and the discussion was around psychological safety. I first learned about this topic about 8 years ago at Wayfair where someone at the company took initiative to shepherd the philosophy throughout the department.
I remember being really excited and interested in the idea of it. Which I believe in part because I related to both sides. The feelings when physiological safety is or isn’t present. I’ve felt both in my career. I was also part of both strong and weak sports growing up. I am always thinking of how to foster strong teams.
The round table was awesome because I got a ton of tactical ideas that other leaders do to help foster psychological safety. One thing that stuck out to me is you need to try many things to help foster this and get feedback on what you try. Once you hit a healthy working state physiological safety balanced with accountability, it will feel like magic because it builds the trust needed for strong, fluid working relationships. Feedback will flow back and forth smoothly.