#119 – Psychological Safety & Just Culture

#119 – Psychological Safety & Just Culture

From Anesthesia Guidebook by Jon Lowrance

April 26, 2025 · 36 min

About this episode

This episode discusses psychological safety and just culture as part of a series on systems thinking in professional practice.

Yo yo! Today, we close out our 3-part series on systems thinking with this episode on psychological safety & just culture. Part 1 ( Episode 117 ) introduced systems thinking & high reliability organizations. Part 2 ( Episode 118 ) walked through resilience engineering, safety differently and synesis. Part 3 (this episode) threads these topics together with psychological safety & just culture. This three part series invites you to think about your home team and professional practice. How does your team handle errors & mistakes? Are you safe to fail and be honest about mistakes & near misses? Are mistakes and mishaps talked about? Do you usually take feedback well and look for ways to grow or get defensive and think it’s always someone else’s fault? What about the other folks on your team? Psychological safety is about the freedom to speak up without fear of embarrassment or punishment. Psychological safety doesn’t just happen. Organizational leaders need to talk about it and normalize it – truly, make it part of your team norms. Psychological safety doesn’t skirt accountability. Accountability is a key part of a psychologically…

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Host: Jon Lowrance

Topics covered

  • psychological safety
  • just culture
  • systems thinking
  • high reliability organizations
  • resilience engineering
  • team dynamics

Keywords

  • psychological safety
  • just culture
  • team errors
  • organizational culture
  • feedback
  • accountability

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