{"id":47735,"date":"2020-01-24T10:39:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T15:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trainingindustry.com\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=47735"},"modified":"2023-02-22T16:37:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T21:37:33","slug":"psychological-safety","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/trainingindustry.com\/glossary\/psychological-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychological Safety"},"template":"","class_list":["post-47735","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"main_content":"<strong>Psychological safety<\/strong> is the ability to take risks, speak up, work creatively and innovatively and generally be able to be authentic in the workplace without fear of reprisal, discrimination or retaliation. Boston University professor William A. Kahn originally <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aom.org\/doi\/abs\/10.5465\/256287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defined the term in 1990<\/a> as \u201cbeing able to show and employ one\u2019s self without fear of negative consequences of self-image, status or career.\u201d Since then, Harvard professor Amy Edmondson has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/2666999?read-now=1&amp;refreqid=excelsior%3A41fce87876f8b58565886c1676ddac21&amp;seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">popularized the concept<\/a> as \u201ca shared belief held by members of a team that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking.\u201d Research by Edmondson and others has found that psychological safety is critical to a successful team and organization.\r\n\r\nRelated Content:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainingindustry.com\/continuing-professional-development\/resources-for-the-learning-leader\/helping-training-managers-become-di-champions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Helping Training Managers Become D&amp;I Champions<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainingindustry.com\/articles\/diversity-equity-and-inclusion\/the-business-of-learning-episode-42-building-psychological-safety-in-learning-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Business of Learning, Episode 42: Building Psychological Safety in Learning Programs<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainingindustry.com\/magazine\/mar-apr-2020\/fast-tracking-psychological-safety-this-is-not-a-drill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fast-Tracking Psychological Safety: This Is Not a Drill!<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainingindustry.com\/articles\/strategy-alignment-and-planning\/beyond-cultural-awareness-psychological-safety-in-multicultural-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond Cultural Awareness: Psychological Safety in Multicultural Training<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","custom_dfp_keywords":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.8 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - 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