February 11th, 2020
45 The Benefits of Psychological Safety
The idea of encouraging psychological safety in teams is becoming increasingly common, especially in organizations that are trying to adopt more agile working practices.
To many, the concept is viewed as another ‘wellbeing’ buzzword, keeping teams ‘cozy’ rather than ‘competitive’. In this episode of Cloudbusting, Duena Blomstrom joins Jeremy and Dave to argue that the two are not mutually exclusive, and how encouraging PS in your team is actually key to creating an environment in which your people can thrive.
In the episode we cover:
- What is psychological safety?
- Isn’t it the competitiveness element in teams that drives performance?
- Why competitive attitudes/approaches to leadership can be detrimental.
- Why is there strength in psychological safety?
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Jez Ward
Jez is the Global head of Advisory at Cloudreach and an Executive Cloud Advisor, dedicated to helping CxOs deliver high-impact business outcomes in the cloud. He is a trusted IT leader with 30 years in diverse industry roles, including the COO for iRiS Software, SVP for IT at Kempinski Hotels and CIO for JJW Hotels and Resorts.
Darren Bowling
Darren is a Senior Cloud Advisor at Cloudreach. Over the last 20 years, he has held senior roles in IT - from scale ups to large enterprises - advising and mentoring IT leaders on their adoption of new technology, cloud, and broader people and process transformation.
