Safety & Belonging - A ritual to jumpstart psychological safety
summary
After Kotaku exposes abuse, a team builds a recurring ritual called Safety and Belonging that uses a 3-part workshop sequence (intro/trust, feedback preferences, burnout) run as a round-robin so every voice gets a turn. Recommended size is five to nine people, repeated weekly or monthly for weeks or months. It scales across Riot Games, shifts norms, and demonstrably rebuilds trust rather than just signaling concern.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Psychological safety rituals
- 1:46Safety, belonging, connection
- 3:10Three-part trust workshop
- 4:36Norms for safe discussions
- 5:44Round-robin participation
- 6:47Workshop lessons learned
- 8:55Misconceptions about safety spaces
- 9:37Spreading safety practice
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