CCM1.2 – Psychological safety and containment
In focusing on psychological safety in health care teams, Edmondson, Higgins, Singer, and Weiner (2016) defined psychological safety as a belief in a context being safe for interpersonal risk taking. Containment is a way of providing contexts that are psychologically safe.
The value of psychological containment is brilliantly described by Amy Edmundson. To learn more about why psychologically safe spaces are essential in promoting high performing teams, watch the Ted Talk below.
Psychological safety is a belief that one will not be punished or humiliated for speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns or mistakes
Amy Edmondson
Why is psychological safety important, and how does it relate to co-consulting?
References
Bion, W. R. (1994) Learning from Experience, Jason Aronson.
Edmondson, A. C., Higgins, M., Singer, S. and Weiner, J. (2016) ‘Understanding psychological safety in health care and education organizations: A comparative perspective’, Research in Human Development, United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 65–83 [Online]. DOI: 10.1080/15427609.2016.1141280.
Freeman, S. F. (2020) Psychological Containment: A Critical Leadership Success Factor [Online]. Available at https://medium.com/knowledge-leadership/psychological-containment-284b3a7f0875 (Accessed 11 June 2021).
Once you have watched The role of psychological containment, note down your reflections on your own organisation in the table below. You can export them to a Word document