Scott McInnesFounder and Director, Inspiring Change · 20+ Years Helping Leaders Build Stronger Cultures, More Human Communication and Embed Lasting Change | Founder | Keynote Speaker | Podcast Host

Make Psychological Safety the Norm

15 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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Psychological safety boosts performance and profits, but our brains are wired to avoid risk under pressure. That's why most organizations know it matters but can't actually make it stick.

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Psychological safety is good for performance. It's good for the bottom line. However, in the daily life, especially under pressure when stakes are high and so on, it's not easy to actually do it. And Minette mentioned this risk assessment we are constantly doing. And because of that, our brain is wired to keep us safe and alive. So it's very risk-averse. And what we need to do in order to create psychological safety often is kind of against our default wiring. And that makes it tricky and not so easy to do. And I think that's one of the reasons maybe why we are still talking about it because it's not yet reality everywhere.