Why cultivate psychological safety? Because a safe team enables and drives team performance, innovation, inclusion and learning. A safe team also adapts better to change, a key competence in today’s fast-moving environment.

Psychological safety is about feeling safe, secure and being able to work without the fear of negative consequences, even when you make a mistake. Teams with high psychological safety share more ideas and contribute to innovation. They work more efficiently, create higher profits for the company and are more engaged. Overall, they achieve the best outcomes – because psychological safety is the foundation for high performing teams. 

The Cultivate Psychological safety program will give leaders and teams a shared understanding of what psychological safety is and why it is important for a team, as well as a structured approach for measuring and strengthening it over time. 

The Cultivate Psychological safety program consists of      two sessions:

• Session 1: An orientation in psychological safety and the neuroscience of feeling safe in social settings. This is followed by a digital assessment using the online PSI scan* (Psychological Safety Index scan).
• Session 2: Debrief of how the team perceives the current level of psychological safety, based on the result from the PSI Scan. We connect the result to the four dimensions of psychological safety; Inclusion & diversity, Attitude to risk & failure, Open conversations and Willingness to help. Finally, we help you identify actions and next steps to cultivate psychological safety over time. 

Follow-up sessions are customized to s upport your journey over time. We recommend a new PSI scan with debrief and update of your action plans 1-2 times per year. 

* The PSI Scan is based on Amy Edmondson’s work and developed by Bright Instrument in collaboration with Amy Edmondson.