Reframing Psychological Safety with Mehmet Baha

Author of Creating Psychological Safety Mehmet Baha reframes PS from “being nice” to speaking up with candour and care—so teams learn faster, decide better, and perform under pressure.

Season 3 opens with Mehmet Baha, author of Creating Psychological Safety, to reframe what psychological safety really is—and how to build it deliberately. We move PS from a vague “be kind” idea to a repeatable, leader-led practice that makes speaking up normal, feedback useful, and mistakes sources of learning rather than blame.

You’ll hear:

• Reframe: psychological safety ≠ “being nice”; it’s freedom to contribute + accountability for standards

• The leadership shift required to make candour safe and performance non-negotiable

• Core components & practical plays to boost team learning and results

• How to measure psychological safety (and track improvement)

• Case studies of PS in action across organisations

Try this (90-second Safety Starter):

1. Frame (20s): “We may be wrong. Speaking up helps us win.”

2. Invite (40s): Ask two prompts: “What’s the risk we’re not naming?” and “What’s one assumption to test first?”

3. Respond (30s): Thank, name the next step, and time-box a test (who/what/when).

A practical conversation with tools you can use in your next meeting to turn silence into signal—and pressure into performance.

Baha's book "Creating Psychological Safety at Work" 👉 https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Psychological-Safety-Work-Performance-ebook/dp/B0D2BFKBK6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=14VS6VISMWCR3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.pwMvWzycqpJCaILY522atQ.B7KnCtrX3Kl3atlqrYW3XjSeEpYMN4c1WWninvtOCTs&dib_tag=se&keywords=mehmet+baha+creating+psychological+safety+at+work&qid=1719407328&sprefix=mehmet+baha+creating+%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-1

Free resources on psychological safety 👉 https://www.solutionfolder.com/free-resources

6-month learning program on psychological safety 👉 https://solutionfolder.lpages.co/6month-leadership-program/