Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
summary
Over 75 hours of interviews across three months produce a practical claim: psychological safety is the single predictor that underpins Google’s five team indicators from Project Aristotle, and without it the others (impact, meaning, clarity, dependability) fail. Exercises shown—mirror improv and a “string of pearls” storytelling warmup—train the yes and muscle for safe contribution. Cited results: pair programming yields 96% enjoy pairing, 25% fewer defects, Gallup finds ~65% disengaged, APA 66% link work to stress, WHO estimates $300B annual US cost.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:22LEAN AGILE SCOTLAND 2016
- 2:00SAFETY IS THE WORD.
- 2:59I LEFT WITH SAFETY.
- 6:27IMPACT
- 9:04MEANING
- 12:33STRUCTURE AND CLARITY TEAM MEMBERS HAVE CLEAR ROLES, PLANS AND GOALS.
- 14:05DEPENDABILITY
- 16:38WHY DOES SAFETY MATTER?
- 19:07PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY IS A BELIEF THAT ONE WILL NOT BE PUNISHED OR HUMILIATED FOR SPEAKING UP WITH IDEAS QUESTIONS, CONCERNS OR MISTAKES.
- 34:16WHAT IS SAFETY?
- 37:21PAYING ATTENTION
- 44:10WHY DOES SAFETY REALLY MATTER?
- 46:05WORKPLACE STRESS
- 46:47STRESS - ENGAGEMENT
- 51:25TO FINISH SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE INDICATOR OF EFFECTIVE TEAMS WITHOUT IT, ENGAGEMENT IS REDUCED AND LOWER ENGAGEMENT BRINGS LOWER RESILIENCE TO STRESS.
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