Facilitated by Ola M.

Psychological safety isn’t a soft nice-to-have — it’s the precondition for honest retrospectives, real risk-taking, and teams that actually improve over time. This session goes deeper than “be nice to each other” into the concrete practices that build (and protect) psychological safety.

We’ll cover what psychological safety actually is (and isn’t), how to recognize when it’s missing even in a team that seems fine on the surface, and specific facilitation techniques that build it over time.

Learning Objectives

Define psychological safety precisely, distinguishing it from simple politeness.
Recognize subtle signs that safety is missing in a team.
Learn facilitation techniques that build safety in meetings, retros, and 1:1s.
Understand the leader’s role in modeling and protecting safety.

Who Should Attend?

Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and team leads who want their team to surface real problems instead of hiding them.

Key Takeaways

A precise, usable definition of psychological safety.
Concrete facilitation techniques that build safety over time.
A clearer sense of the leader’s responsibility in creating (or destroying) safety.