A 75 min workshop on overcoming fear and building a culture of learning and psychological safety. Uses two agile games created by Dana Pylayeva: "Fear in the Workplace" and "Safety in the Workplace"
4. Agile/DevOps Coach & Trainer, Author, International Speaker
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dana@agileplayconsulting.com
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5. Culture of
Psychological
Safety
1. Why organizational learning can’t happen in
the cultures affected by fear?
2. How can you start a conversation about fear in
the workplace?
3. What Psychological Safety Enhancers can
help you, your teams and your organizations?
What’s in This Workshop?
Culture of
Fear
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15. Fear in the Workplace
2. Place “Classify Me” cards in the center, face
down.
3. One person reads a scenario from the “Classify me”
card.
4. Other players work
together to find
the best matching
Symptoms and Fears
for this scenario.
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17. “How you manage your
own fear will either calm
things down or further
rev things up.”
Harriet Lerner, Ph.D. “The Dance of Fear”
Fear.
You Have the Power to Stop It!
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25. Psychological Safety exists when
people feel their workplace is an
environment where they can speak up,
offer ideas, and ask questions without
fear of being punished or
embarrassed.
Amy C. Edmundson
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Introduce “Psychological Safety” to Your
Leadership
29. Simple social technologies
that distribute participation
more widely while drawing
out greater difference and
variation within groups.
Liberating Structures
Simple social technologies
that distribute participation
more widely while drawing
out greater difference and
variation within groups.
Liberating Structures
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30. Safety in the Workplace
A fun way to talk about the
serious stuff.
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31. Use Dot-Voting to Select a Fear for
Discussion
3 Votes per Person
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38. Are You Ready For Your
“Last Chocolate”?
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39. 1.Make a list of things that worry
you the most in your workplace.
2. Circle the 4 scariest, most
alarming things.
40. Draw Your Tiny Monster
3. Look at your list again.
Map these 4 fears to your
monsters
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41. 4. Now walk
around and
show your
monsters to
others.
5. Ask them for
an advice on
tackling your
monster.
Monsters Walk
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42. Take The First Step
Don’t Do It Alone
Recognize Fear
Symptoms
Design Your Fear
Eradication
Strategy
Eradicate Fear From Your Culture
Reflect and Repeat
Start Introducing
Safety Enhancers
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43. Tools and Props
Feelings Playing Cards:
https://www.amazon.com/Feelings-Playing-
Borgman-Pulitzer-Winner/dp/B00391H3D4
Rory’s Story Cubes:
https://www.storycubes.com
Happiness Histogram: https://plans-for-
retrospectives.com/en/?id=59
Personal Maps:
https://management30.com/practice/personal
-maps/
Kahoot! Survey: https://kahoot.com
Liberating Structures:
http://www.liberatingstructures.com
Fear in Workplace:
https://www.thegamecrafter.com/
games/fear-in-the-workplace
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46. Learn More With Me:
6/19 - Liberating Structures Public Workshop:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/training-and-facilitation-with-liberating-structures-
tickets-59678845032
Private Liberating Structures or
Psychological Safety workshops for your organization
Available Upon Request
47. This Session Was Inspired by:
1. Amy C. Edmondson “Managing the risk of learning. Psychological Safety in work
teams”
2. Amy C. Edmondson “The Fearless Organization”, 2018
3. Ron Westrum “The study of information flow: A personal journey”
4. https://puppet.com/resources/whitepaper/state-of-devops-report
5. http://news.gallup.com/reports/178514/state-american-workplace.aspx
6. https://hbr.org/2012/06/learned-helplessness-in-organi
7. https://hbr.org/2008/07/the-competitive-imperative-of-learning
8. http://yuvalyeret.com/using-the-spotify-squad-health-check-beyond-the-squad/
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