creating-psychological-safety-at-work 
Scrum.org
JANUARY 17, 2023
In a recent Scrum.org webcast (1) I mentioned that Scrum by its nature, assumes psychological safety exists in order for Scrum as a practice to function. Furthermore I would assert that for Scrum to be truly successful Scrum absolutely requires psychological safety to be established both inside and outside of the Scrum Team. .
Scrum.org
APRIL 19, 2023
Here are some tips on how Scrum Masters can balance team psychology safety with management pressure on estimation: Build trust with the team Building trust is essential to team psychology safety. This can lead to stress and anxiety, negatively impacting team psychology safety.
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Kiron Bondale
MAY 30, 2021
Dispersed teams usually also face more constraints with their ways of working which might encourage them to be more disciplined in their work efforts. Team members at one location might feel that their work is proceeding well but be unaware of major concerns from other sites. And this brings us back to psychological safety.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
As a reminder: The Retrospective in Scrum is a regular event that takes place at the end of each Sprint, which is a time-boxed iteration of work in the Scrum framework. The purpose of the Retrospective is to give the Scrum Team an opportunity to reflect on their work and identify ways to improve their process.
Speaker: Jennifer Fairweather, CHRO for Jefferson County, Educator, and Speaker & Keren Wasserman, Organizational Effectiveness Program Manager at Lyra Health
When your employees show up to work, do they feel safe, respected, valued, and able to do their best? With work-life boundaries increasingly blurring, continued stress from the pandemic, and political and social upheaval, employees may be struggling with their mental health.
Scrum.org
APRIL 1, 2022
Agility, and predominantly the Scrum framework, has been accepted by the vast majority of corporations that work in complex domains by now. Making a leap to the next stage of potential, in my humble opinion, would be to focus on creating psychologically safe environments. Psychological safety is the next step.
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Agility, and predominantly the Scrum framework, has been accepted by the vast majority of corporations that work in complex domains by now. Making a leap to the next stage of potential, in my humble opinion, would be to focus on creating psychologically safe environments. Psychological safety is the next step.
Speaker: Tracie Sponenberg - Chief People Officer, The Granite Group & Melissa Doman M.A. Organizational Psychologist, Mental Health at Work Specialist, Former Clinical Mental Health Therapist
While these are all excellent starting points, there is still much more that can be done to hold organizations accountable for creating psychologically safe workplaces. Employers have responded positively with initiatives like mental health days, four-day workweeks, and enhanced counseling benefits or apps.
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