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Psychological Safety and Embracing Failure in Product Development

As a product person, I find myself researching software development on a regular basis. While tuning into “Fail Better: Embracing Failure” by Command Line Heroes, I learned about Psychological Safety and why “Failing Better” is much better than “Failing fast”! This truly translates to feedback loops, creating iterative product delivery models, and investing the effort to create a blame-less team culture. I dove deeper and listened to more podcasts on the topic, read books, and articles online. I have summarized this research and references for a one stop shop! Including actionable ways to apply these practices.


Full Presentation on Psychological Safety and Embracing Failure

Topics Covered:

  • Wheel of Emotions- How does the term “Failure” make you feel?

  • Fail Your Way to Success with Iterative Releases

  • How do we Fail to Success?

  • What is Psychological Safety?

  • How Does Psychological Safety compare to Trust?

  • What are the Benefits of Psychological Safety?

  • Psychological Safety embedded in Agile Processes

  • Measuring Psychological Safety Within a Team

  • How Can Leaders Enable Psychological Safety?

  • References

Presentation on Psychological Safety: Version for Psychological Safety content only

Enjoy and best wishes applying these findings,

-Vanessa Arias

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