{"id":19146,"date":"2021-04-06T13:55:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T11:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scrumacademy.nl\/blog\/deze-tool-meet-de-psychologische-veiligheid-in-jouw-team\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T14:25:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:25:44","slug":"deze-tool-meet-de-psychologische-veiligheid-in-jouw-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scrumacademy.nl\/en\/blog\/deze-tool-meet-de-psychologische-veiligheid-in-jouw-team\/","title":{"rendered":"This tool measures psychological safety in your team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Psychological safety is the most important thing, essential, the holy grail to achieving ambitious goals with your team. <\/strong>Research at Google and others<\/strong><\/a> shows that this factor contributes most to team performance. But what exactly is psychological safety? Is it just about trust? Or is there more to it? In this article, I’ll explain what psychological safety is, how to improve it and how to measure it yourself<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Maybe you recognize it: with your group of best friends you get into a heated discussion about your political affiliation. You don’t shy away from sensitive topics. Even though your views are diametrically opposed, you are not afraid to express and defend your opinion. Even though it may be very different from that of your friends and you sometimes seek the edge, you dare to take the risk of being completely yourself. To remain yourself. Analysis: very high psychological safety! <\/p>\n\n

But what exactly is psychological safety? Psychological safety is defined as the degree to which you feel safe to take interpersonal risks on your team. It reflects how your team labels the social climate and is a measure of team members’ willingness to trust that others will not take advantage of them. <\/p>\n\n

Now the following recognizable situation. You work in a team where “stuff” is going on. You immediately feel tension, an elephant in the room. But no one dares to say anything. People do not address each other. Own opinions are not expressed and team members never ask each other for help. Analysis: clearly little to no psychological safety. But sometimes it’s a little harder to recognize. It creeps into your team. For example, when everything seems to be pais and vree, but people complain about each other at the coffee machine. Or the harmonious team<\/a> that does not dare to take risks. Again, psychological safety is lacking. And not daring to take risks is a problem. After all, without risk taking, there is no innovation and therefore no progress! Therefore, in our Psychological Safety Masterclass<\/a> you will learn how to recognize the lack of psychological safety and how to improve the team climate. <\/p>\n\n

How do you improve psychological safety in your team?<\/h2>\n\n

Here I give you a few tips for improving psychological safety:<\/p>\n\n