Why Psychological Safety Is the Foundation Everything Else Sits On

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

You can have the best engineers, the clearest roadmap, and the most elegant architecture in the world, and none of it will matter if your team doesn’t feel safe enough to speak up when something’s wrong.

I’ve been leading engineering teams for over two decades now, across start-ups and large corporates, and if there’s one thing I keep coming back to, it’s this: the teams that performed best weren’t the ones with the most talent. They were the ones where people felt safe enough to be honest. Safe enough to say “I don’t understand this,” or “I think we’re making a mistake,” or “I need help.”

Psychological-Safety on guy@secdev.uk

Why Psychological Safety Is the Foundation Everything Else Sits On