Psychological safety framework that works

1. A Psychological Safety Framework.
Democratizing organizational power, as we do political power,
so we can have the last say & vote.

2. Why we need psychological safety…
FEAR!of
Anger, Authority, Abuse,
& Rejection (being fired)

3. Without psychological safety…
FECKLESS

4. Read lots of psychological safety books or
Employ a Psychological Safety Officer or
How to get psychological safety…

5. How to get psychological safety…
Or try object123. Think of it like a soccer
ref’s Whistle…..Yellow Card…….Red Card

6. How to get psychological safety…
& propose that the team agrees to try it….

7. We learn from the offended
person’s real-time objection,
as the offender acknowledges
or apologizes…
How to get psychological safety…

8. …Object123 ensures the
objections are always less
offensive than the
misbehavior…
How to get psychological safety…
(Quite possibly most abuse, malicious gossip, aggression and
anger are just poorly delivered objections)

9. …& finally, if the objection
is challenged we let the team
have the final say & vote.
How to get psychological safety…

10. What people are saying…
“
”
Very interesting point, Desmond.
Democratize organizational power as we do
political power, so (we) can vote people out
Timothy R. Clark
Founder & CEO of LeaderFactor, author, consultant, researcher, Oxford-trained social scientist

11. EGGSHELLS
OBJECT123 is a step in the
right direction
NO MORE WALKING ON
When we get psychological safety…