Teams that admit their mistakes perform better. How to boost psychological safety in your workplace

Plenty of organisations talk about boosting psychological safety, but actually putting it into practice is difficult. Being open about your own fallibility and asking lots of questions are a good start.

Ever heard something at work that didn’t quite sound right, but decided to let someone else raise the question in case you end up looking like an idiot?

We all try to manage how other people see us, and in the hierarchical and knowledge-based culture of government, often this means keeping quiet for fear of rocking the boat.