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Psychological Safety Newsletter #145

Psychological Safety at Work Lean and psychological safety Here’s a great analysis by Ben Hutchinson of a paper examining the relationship between Lean and psychological safety in construction projects in the US. This combines two of my favourite subjects so

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selection pressure

Selection Pressure and Psychological Safety

Selection Pressure and Psychological Safety Why has it taken so long for some industries to recognise the importance of psychological safety, whilst others have been doing it for decades? One possible answer: selection pressure. Over the past few decades, the

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Tom Geraghty (age 5)

Stuttering and Stammering

Stutters and Stammers I’ve written previously about my experience growing up with dyspraxia, which I was diagnosed with at an early age. My dyspraxia made it difficult for me to pronounce and articulate certain sounds (called phonemes), and meant that I

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worker at toyota pulling the andon cord

Psychological Safety: The Andon Cord

Stopping The Line Being able to “stop the line” to prevent an issue getting worse, stop a defect passing downstream, suggest an idea for improvement when it can endow maximum benefit, or ask for help in the heat of the

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Psychological Safety #11: DevOps, Agile and Lean

Introduction Thanks for subscribing to the psychological safety newsletter! This week we have how to deal with toxic leadership, artwork by Sherrill Knezel, Lean, DevOps, and a poem about equality. This week’s newsletter is sponsored by Red Hat Open Innovation Labs.  A globally

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