How Can We Make Our Workplaces Feel Safer?
This week at I Am Here, we’re asking: How Can We Make Our Workplaces Feel Safer?
- What does a safe workplace really feel like—for the mind, not just the body?
- How do leaders foster environments where honesty and vulnerability are welcomed?
- Why does psychological safety matter more than ever?
Safe workplaces aren’t just about policies and procedures—they’re about people. They’re spaces where we feel safe to speak up, show up, and be real. That’s where trust lives, and where innovation starts.
What Are We Watching This Week?
We’re watching a video clip from Alan O’Grady, Managing Director of Western Postform.
Alan speaks candidly about the power of vulnerability in leadership—and how being real (one of our CLEAR skills) opens the door for stronger connection, deeper trust, and more authentic teams.
🎥Watch the full video here (2-minute watch)
What Are We Reading This Week?
We’re reading Build Psychological Safety to Boost Workplace Ideas by Renee Trotman for, The HR Boutique.
The article explores how creating psychological safety can feel uncomfortable at first—but it pays off.
Teams that embrace honest dialogue, challenge the norm, and tolerate discomfort see higher retention, more innovation, and better productivity.
📰 Read the article (5-minute read)
Who Are We Quoting This Week?
”Achieving vulnerability-based trust is difficult because in the course of career advancement and education, most successful people learn to be competitive with their peers, and protective of their reputations. It is a challenge for them to turn those instincts off for the good of the team, but that is exactly what is required.”
– Patrick Lencioni
At I Am Here, we believe that psychological safety is built one conversation at a time.