Trust Glossary
Psychological Safety
The belief that you can speak up, take risks, and be candid without fear of punishment or humiliation.
Psychological safety is the shared belief within a team that it is safe to take interpersonal risks — asking questions, admitting mistakes, raising concerns, or challenging the status quo — without fear of being punished, embarrassed, or marginalized.
Psychological safety is widely cited as a major driver of team effectiveness. When it is low, people self-censor. Information is withheld. Problems go unraised until they become crises.
Psychological safety is not about being "nice" — it's about creating an environment where candor is the norm, not the exception. It requires active trust-building behavior from leaders and team members alike.
How Vizuna measures this
Vizuna measures psychological safety through its Safety dimension — tracking whether people feel safe being candid, raising concerns, and sharing dissenting views. Ongoing patterns can help surface erosion earlier.
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