Psychological Safety: The secret to learning early, not finding out too late

What do the Titan submersible tragedy, underperforming teams and toxic workplace cultures have in common? In each case, people knew something was wrong. And in each case, those concerns didn’t travel far enough, fast enough, or safely enough. Psychological safety is sometimes seen as a cultural “nice-to-have”. In reality, it’s the mechanism that determines whether organisations learn early, or find out the hard way.

The same dynamic plays out quietly in workplaces every day:

In 1:1s where people soften the truth.

In engagement surveys that don’t quite reflect reality.

In development conversations where real needs stay unmentioned

In this webinar, we’ll explore:

• What psychological safety actually is (and what it isn’t)

• How everyday leadership behaviours unintentionally silence people

• How a lack of safety distorts feedback, performance insight, and decision-making

• What organisations can do to influence psychological safety at scale

Using high-profile failures alongside everyday organisational examples, this session focuses on how psychological safety shows up in real management conversations, and why it matters for performance, risk, and trust.