Is Psychological Safety Important?

Is Psychological Safety Important?

Psychological safety is important as it creates a work environment where employees feel comfortable taking risks, sharing ideas, and providing feedback without fear of negative consequences. This leads to better decision making, improved performance, and increased innovation. But why? When we are in a state of distrust, the world feels threatening. Threats make us retreat….

My take on the spaghetti marshmallow tower building exercise
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My take on the spaghetti marshmallow tower building exercise

The purpose of this exercise is to introduce teams to Agile and Scrum in a practical (and hopefully fun!) way and to help collaboration and teamwork. I have run this exercise a number of times when standing up new teams and have iterated on it and made it better each time. Initially I ran this…

Building Psychological Safety within Agile Teams

Building Psychological Safety within Agile Teams

A definition of Psychological Safety could be considered:“.. the shared belief among team members that the team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking” – Amy Edmondson, Harvard Business School when:“.. engaging in learning behaviours such as asking for help, seeking feedback, admitting errors or lack of knowledge, trying something new or voicing work-related dissenting views”. –…