"Assumptions are the termites of relationships." — Henry Winkler
Most team friction isn't a people problem. It's a contracting problem.
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Carl Rogers argued creativity can’t be forced—it must be invited through psychological safety: unconditional worth, no judgement, and true empathy. #PsychSafety #Creativity
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Photo of a toddler holding up the book: Wanderers by Kerri Andrews
Gorgeous weekend camping to charge the batteries for the week ahead 🙌
This book is brilliant btw - when I get a look in!
Eye contact and advice giving.
A few observations for #AutisticPrideDay that I'm sure people will have very strong opinions about.
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"Learning is relational and cultural, not just transactional."
This week @jadegarratt.bsky.social describes how we believe true learning is relational, cultural, and anchored in psychological safety.
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“It’s not perfect – but at least it starts a conversation.”
I used to buy that. But I’m disillusioned by how often it justifies tools we know are flawed (MBTI and dead-end engagement surveys, I’m looking at you).
What if, instead of bending around bad tools, we asked better questions?
We believe that witnessing brings protection. The more eyes on this mission, the safer they are. By tuning in, you're not just watching—you’re standing in solidarity.
Psychological safety sounds great until…
– People tell you what they really think
– They have better ideas than you
– Problems come to light
– You realise your workplace wasn’t as inclusive as you thought
Worth it? Absolutely.
Just don’t say I didn’t warn you. 😏
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"It’s not the rupture that defines a relationship, but how we repair it."
This week @jadegarratt.bsky.social explores how psychological safety isn't linear, and in fact, the process of repair and rebuilding can help make our relationships stronger than before.
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Jade running - photo taken from behind. She is wearing a MAP t-shirt
Jade and Tom smiling at the camera while out on a run
Photo of Tom running along a path by a river
I’m running 107km this month with @tomgeraghty.bsky.social for #StrideForPalestinians. It hurts, but nothing like what families in Gaza are facing.
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Thank you ❤️🍉
This week in #psychologicalsafety, we have a deeper dive from @jadegarratt.bsky.social on a classic concept: Transactional Analysis.
“TA values and aims for clarity and honesty in both what we say and how we say it.”
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Ah the joy of waiting for a flight after spending much of the day talking about aviation disasters 😅✈️
Ladder of participation going from inform to empower on one side, and power over to power to on the other
How safe people feel when sharing feedback or co-creating solutions is pivotal to the success of any participatory process. We generally only engage to the degree that we feel safe to.
The trans solidarity event in Glasgow. Crowd in front of the city chambers, some pink and blue trans flags
My sign for today which says ‘here for all the witches’
Solidarity from Glasgow ❤️🏳️⚧️
“Family may offer a space where, to use Carl Roger’s original reference to psychological safety in 1954, we feel that we possess ‘unconditional worth’.”
This week in #psychologicalsafety by @jadegarratt.bsky.social
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I’m beginning to think that the people who claimed to care deeply about academic liberty & freedom of speech on college campuses may not have been entirely honest.
I appreciate UK schools, FE colleges and universities are on Easter break currently, but if you have supervisory or pastoral responsibility for Trans, non-binary or other LGBQ+ students and are concerned about their welfare after today's ruling, a brief check-in message may be reassuring for them.
The pre-holiday inbox panic is real.
Somehow I still believe I can reply to everything, tie up every loose end, and reach the mythical inbox zero before a long weekend.
Reminder to self (and anyone else who needs to hear this today): Rest doesn’t have to wait for your emails to be sorted 😅
What if psychological safety starts when things get uncomfortable?
Often the real learning begins when we hear something we’d rather not.
As Lars Axelsson said: “A problem that stays with whoever discovers it, is a problem that remains unknown.”
How can we stay curious, even when it’s hard?
An "I'm ok, you're ok" quadrant, where only the square representing the health I',m ok, you're ok state is green. The rest are red.
The “I’m ok, you’re ok” model reminds us that, even in disagreement, we can stay grounded in respect.
Too often, when challenged, we:
⬇️ Push the other person down(“They’re wrong”), or
⬇️ Push ourselves down (“I’ve messed up”).
Neither helps.
"I'm ok, you're ok," can keep us steady in discomfort.
"There’s a risk with organisations that we trim them so much to the bone, making them so ruthlessly efficient and lean, and so highly tuned to our current economic and consumer state that we’re vulnerable to a catastrophic failure that we simply didn’t see coming."
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"Too often, we treat feedback as factual reporting, but even when we're trying to be as 'honest' as possible, the feedback we choose to give will always be filtered through our personal lenses."
@jadegarratt.bsky.social
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Just did some online training that had all the energy of a GDPR mandatory refresher 🤪 Who’s doing something more interesting in the online asynchronous learning space?
Sunday feel good post 🥰
"No one thinks they’re a micromanager."
@jadegarratt.bsky.social's piece this week highlights why micromanagement damages trust and psychological safety, stifles innovation, and creates anxiety, ultimately limiting what teams can achieve.
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"Participation doesn’t always guarantee engagement, which is about how deeply individuals feel invested in and connected to the process."
This week's newsletter is by @jadegarratt.bsky.social
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I honestly didn’t think having a child would change me or my life that much. 2.5 years on, nothing is the same. I am humbled 😅😂
Having a bit of chill time this week - I want some good non-fiction (I’ve already got a ton of fiction lined up!) to read on my kindle that’s inspiring, not “should have been an article but they stretched it to a book”.
Suggestions please? 🙏🏼 📚
Some fun stuff on team structure and power dynamics in this issue 👇🏻
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Including work from @producttalk.bsky.social, @jadegarratt.bsky.social, @rory.zeroblockers.com, @brwngrldev.bsky.social, @tastapod.com, Cansu Kavili-Örnek, Anna Ciula, @aleixmorgadas.dev, & others