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What is Psychological Safety?
59 minutes Posted Oct 24, 2022 at 9:00 am.
The definition of psychological safety
Tim and Junior discuss how vulnerability plays into the definition of psychological safety and what it means to create a culture of rewarded vulnerability.Defining culture is like squeezing Jell-O
If culture is human interaction, psychological safety gives us the terms of engagement to interact. It's impossible to not have any culture
Just like fish have water, humans have culture. You're in it, and it's in you. The history of psychological safety
Numerous social scientists and psychologists have contributed to the psychological safety space, and Tim and Junior synthesize their contributions to a timeline.How did the four stages come about?
Tim explains how his professional career in the world of leadership and culture contributed to The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety framework.What factors drive and contribute to the demand for psychological safety?
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The definition of psychological safety (2:00). Tim and Junior discuss how vulnerability plays into the definition of psychological safety and what it means to create a culture of rewarded vulnerability.Defining culture is like squeezing Jell-O (6:05). If culture is human interaction, psychological safety gives us the terms of engagement to interact. It's impossible to not have any culture (11:45). Just like fish have water, humans have culture. You're in it, and it's in you. The history of psychological safety (13:20). Numerous social scientists and psychologists have contributed to the psychological safety space, and Tim and Junior synthesize their contributions to a timeline.How did the four stages come about? (30:00) Tim explains how his professional career in the world of leadership and culture contributed to The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety framework.What factors drive and contribute to the demand for psychological safety? (45:00) Mental health, social justice, and a variety of other social and cultural factors have played a hand in the demand, and Junior and Tim give us their take on the what and the why.Resources available at leaderfactor.com/resources.