Video: IAC 2020 Conference Presentation
In this 20-minute talk, I share my best practices for creating psychological safety in design and research teams, depending on which stage your team is in. I gave this talk at the Information Architecture Conference in 2020, which was held remote with pre-recorded presentations. Want to bring this talk to your company or meetup? Contact me!
Resources
“Work with me” sheet: a link to a PDF you can download and use. You might want to recreate it in Google sheets, MURAL, etc. If you do use it or would like me to make a customizable template that you can use in Acrobat, MURAL, etc, please send me a note and let me know!
Retrospective templates: Atlassian has a great guest post on their blog from Realtime Board with five simple templates that can be used for team retros. MURAL also has a simple retro template (“went well”, “didn’t go well”, and “actions”) that you can use with remote teams.
Book an interactive training for your team!
Do you want to have your whole team learn about psychological safety and try out activities to go deeper with each other? Contact me to book a 90-minute or half-day training for your team (currently online). I’ll work with you to customize it for your team’s current safety depth and your learning goals.
Article: Low-Risk Ways to Build Psychological Safety on Design Teams
How does one actually go about creating a sense of psychological safety in a team? Read blog post
Article: More Ways to Build Psychological Safety on Design Teams
If your designers are currently feeling comfortable with each other, here are exercises that you can try. Read blog post
Article: Constructive Feedback for Designers
I absolutely dreaded, hated, and procrastinated giving negative feedback to my direct reports. Here’s how I got over it. Read blog post
If you’re looking for help improving your team’s skills, I also offer customized workshops and trainings on UX, design thinking, and more, as well as individual coaching.