Psychological Safety

Humble brag. I can honestly say I’ve never had a boss tell me outright that I’m not doing my job well. Woot! Right? Wrong. You know what is worse than a boss saying you’re not doing your job well? …

Why do I create? I have always wondered why do I create and what motivates us to create? Why some organizations are more innovative than others? What is the role of an organization and a leader in promoting creativity? Humans have always solved problems and generated ideas rather than living with problems.. generating ideas…

Psychological safety, folks, it’s not just some new-age, touchy-feely concept conjured up by a bunch of hippies. In the cutthroat world of business, it’s become the lifeblood of success, the secret sauce that separates the winners from the losers. Why? Because it’s about creating an environment where employees feel free…

Listening, Movement, and Inclusion Third year student, Sam Bernard, and I asked a room full of women at University of Colorado’s 2022-3 Women’s Leadership Symposium how many had faced environments where their psychological safety was compromised. Every person raised their hand. Our workshop, “Creating Psychological Safety: Inclusion, Listening, and Movement” gave participants an opportunity…

Empowering the people one works with is a topic that I have been quite passionate about in the past years and it has been influencing my activities both as an engineering lead and as a mentor. …

Psychological safety is crucial for employees in today’s environment when layoffs have become so rampant. When an organization fails to make its employees feel comfortable in its environment, they switch to better opportunities. The employees must not feel conscious when expressing themselves for fear that others will make fun of…