Psychological Safety Will Never Be “Done”

Before anything else let me be clear: everyone is doing their best and there are amazing people in pockets of obstinate excellence in every organisation and at every level of every department. That is utterly true irrespective of how “ranty” the following sounds and I would urge you to remember I believe it when you feel triggered by anything I say, chances are it doesn’t apply to you.

With all that said, last week was an exceptionally “rant-worthy” one. This article on “The Future Is Agile” took on the topic of sterile and gratuitous certifications and accreditations and this article on The Fundamentals of Psychological Safety listed the tens of objections to the human work we have heard during our journey.

Both have ruffled feathers and cost me followers but that’s ok, we need feathers as ruffled as they may get before we jointly decide on what coiffure best suits our flock:)

• Both have ruffled feathers and cost me followers but that’s ok, we need feathers as ruffled as they may get before we jointly decide on what coiffure best suits our flock:)
• There are some good signs that not all is lost and we won’t have squandered away the progress the pandemic forced upon us all when it comes to the future of work.
• The “3 out of 5 workers will only do permanently remote going forward” survey result coming out last week;
• The discussion on Psychological Safety and the people work becoming more structured and starting to make its way into big agendas
• But of course none of these are enough and there’s plenty to be up in arms about because let’s be honest:
• It is an undeniable outrage that we have this much active disengagement and mental health issues at every level of every organisation.
• It is shocking that there are but a handful of companies that have cracked hybrid/distributed based on a real dialogue with their own people.

There are some good signs that not all is lost and we won’t have squandered away the progress the pandemic forced upon us all when it comes to the future of work.

The “3 out of 5 workers will only do permanently remote going forward” survey result coming out last week;