Tom Geraghty

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The replies to your thread have just reminded me of this 2021 Good Life musing from Phil Gyford @philgyfordtest.bsky.social

“Look at me while I’m talking to you.” Psychological safety isn’t built with “hacks.” Eye contact may help some people feel safe — for others, it feels like surveillance, dominance, or a demand to mask. One-size-fits-all advice risks harm. psychsafety.com/not-feeling-...

Not everyone stays silent for the same reason. Are they Fear‑Averse, Competence‑Anxious, or Cynical‑Conformists? Diagnose your team members' archetypes and tailor your psychological‑safety strategy. psychsafety.com/barriers-to-...

Claims of ‘too much psychological safety’ often ignore the cost: which voices are we suggesting should be quieter, and what might we be willing to miss as a result?

Carl Rogers argued creativity can’t be forced—it must be invited through psychological safety: unconditional worth, no judgement, and true empathy. #PsychSafety #Creativity psychsafety.com/psychologica...

No matter how well-cited a theory is, if it contradicts what practitioners observe daily, it’s probably the theory that’s broken.

People under time pressure don’t think faster, they think less.

Last chance to contribute to this week’s #psychologicalsafety research pulse! This week we’re researching familiarity with psychological safety in different fields. Respond here: form.typeform.com/to/ApyToBcU

We support LGBTQ+ rights all year round. But we also celebrate pride!

"The “Andon Cord” is one of the most famous mechanisms for introducing a culture of quality, raising problems early, and psychological safety. We dive into it, in all of its glory, here: psychsafety.com/psychologica...

Survey is still open for a few days yet

If people who are accustomed to power would much rather you weren’t doing what you’re doing, keep doing it.

Survey is still open for a few days yet

"In reality, the progression isn’t actually linear, and teams may navigate through these stages in various orders or times."

"It’s not the rupture that defines a relationship, but how we repair it." This week @jadegarratt.bsky.social explores how psychological safety isn't linear, and in fact, the process of repair and rebuilding can help make our relationships stronger than before. psychsafety.com/rebuilding-p...

*Why* do you foster psychological safety? Answer this one-question survey and help us gather insights in our weekly Research Pulse, and be in with a chance to win a goody bag of stickers! form.typeform.com/to/j5pwlNpU

Why is #JustCulture still a struggle? Without psychological safety, reporting systems gather dust. We need psychological safety - deep shifts in values, behaviors, and structure, not just mechanics. psychsafety.com/just-culture/

I’m running 107km this month with @tomgeraghty.bsky.social for #StrideForPalestinians. It hurts, but nothing like what families in Gaza are facing. Please donate if you can: medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/jade-garr... Thank you ❤️🍉

This week in #psychologicalsafety, we have a deeper dive from @jadegarratt.bsky.social on a classic concept: Transactional Analysis. “TA values and aims for clarity and honesty in both what we say and how we say it.” psychsafety.com/transactiona...

A team is only as psychologically safe as the least safe person on the team, and those with least safety tend to be those who are already minoritised, disadvantaged, or under-represented.

Think about all the things that can fit when we just stop surrendering most of our urban space to cars. A whole lot of urban life can fit, when we’re willing to rethink our priorities. Before & after street pedestrianization of Rue Rambuteau in Paris. HT to @emmanuelspv.bsky.social

"In this special episode of the Learning Journeys Podcast, they’re joined by a Royal Air Force pilot who shares his thoughts on areas where the world of sport can learn from aviation, particularly in terms of quality debriefing and creating psychological safety".

How safe people feel when sharing feedback or co-creating solutions is pivotal to the success of any participatory process. We generally only engage to the degree that we feel safe to.

"Our comfort doesn’t trump someone else’s needs." psychsafety.com/comfort-vs-n...

"Measuring psychological safety is powerful, but it’s also dangerous".

"Trust and psychological safety are sometimes confused with each other, and whilst they are related, trust is actually a foundational component of psychological safety, rather than the same thing."

REPORTER: Amazon will soon display a number next to the price of each product that shows how much the Trump tariffs are adding. Isn't that a perfect demonstration that it's the American consumer who is paying for these policies? LEAVITT: This is a hostile and political act by Amazon.

This is one of the worst violations of research ethics I've ever seen. Manipulating people in online communities using deception, without consent, is not "low risk" and, as evidenced by the discourse in this Reddit post, resulted in harm. Great thread from Sarah, and I have additional thoughts. 🧵

"One more grain of sand"—that’s all it takes when systems are on the edge. SOC explains how normal work can slowly drift into catastrophic failure.

“Localised excellence doesn’t scale well without coordination and alignment between groups.” This week we look at why #psychologicalsafety is more than just a team construct, and how we can consider weaving a fabric of it throughout an organisation. psychsafety.com/the-organisa...

“Family may offer a space where, to use Carl Roger’s original reference to psychological safety in 1954, we feel that we possess ‘unconditional worth’.” This week in #psychologicalsafety by @jadegarratt.bsky.social psychsafety.com/psychologica...

“No person in the world is so privileged as to have access to a ‘ground truth’ against which all other people’s understanding can be proven wrong or inaccurate… Everybody’s perspective is subjective.” Sidney Dekker

"There’s a risk with organisations that we trim them so much to the bone, making them so ruthlessly efficient and lean, and so highly tuned to our current economic and consumer state that we’re vulnerable to a catastrophic failure that we simply didn’t see coming." psychsafety.com/efficiency-v...

At last, someone who understands how tariffs are going to make America great again! xkcd.com/3073/

Look At This Chart. What If It Means Something Bad?

psychsafety.com/all-feedback... “No person in the world is so privileged as to have access to a ‘ground truth’ against which all other people’s understanding can be proven wrong or inaccurate… Everybody’s perspective is subjective.”

"Too often, we treat feedback as factual reporting, but even when we're trying to be as 'honest' as possible, the feedback we choose to give will always be filtered through our personal lenses." @jadegarratt.bsky.social psychsafety.com/all-feedback...

I was thinking that none of those numbers made sense, but holy fuck this is insane

History repeatedly shows us that when we prioritise efficiency and standardisation at all costs, we're vulnerable to disaster. This week we explore the tension between efficiency and resilience, using an example of ancient farming practices. psychsafety.com/efficiency-v...

"No one thinks they’re a micromanager." @jadegarratt.bsky.social's piece this week highlights why micromanagement damages trust and psychological safety, stifles innovation, and creates anxiety, ultimately limiting what teams can achieve. Read the full article here: psychsafety.com/micromanagem...

Someone made a Wiley E. Coyote style painted wall to see if Tesla’s autopilot would detect it and well…

In ecology, small interventions such as rewetting a peat bog can create the foundation for thriving, resilient ecosystems. Similarly, by raising the 'water table' of psychological safety in our organisations, we enable innovation and emergent change. psychsafety.com/rewetting-or...

"Participation doesn’t always guarantee engagement, which is about how deeply individuals feel invested in and connected to the process." This week's newsletter is by @jadegarratt.bsky.social psychsafety.com/spectra-of-p...

This week in #psychologicalsafety we're revisiting icebreakers. Plus we have some superb stuff on toxic leadership as well as a great new paper from Amy Edmondson that introduces these four typologies of team learning. Check it out here and subscribe! psychsafety.com/newsletter-2...

"In the end we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught." Baba Dioum, 1968

We all see the world through our own, unique, lens. That lens is shaped by the environment we grew up and live in, our experiences, education, cultural history, and so much else. Including, importantly, our jobs. Déformation professionnelle. psychsafety.com/deformation-...

I’m pretty sure that by the end of Trump’s term, slavery will be legal again in the USA. It’ll likely be a condition of an immigration visa. Work for free, and you can stay.