How do we talk about Psychological safety in a Retrospective

Yamini Hundare
Serious Scrum
Published in
5 min readFeb 7

Psychological safety is the belief that you won’t be punished or humiliated for speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes. At work, it’s a shared expectation held by members of a team that teammates will not embarrass, reject, or punish them for sharing ideas, taking risks, or soliciting feedback.

Trust is a byproduct of psychological safety. I believe team members who are courageous and open, who respect one another’s boundaries, and who are committed and focused on attaining a common objective based on trust…

Yamini Hundare
Serious Scrum

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