We-ness: The secret cause of Psychological Safety

I saw a post by Professor Rob Briner about the enigma of psychological safety , and in the replies it was discussed that in fact PS isn't so much an enigma, there's evidence that it is the output of group identity. It felt important to talk to Katrien Fransen about her work exploring this. This conversation (and the papers that led into it) were real penny drop moments for me. There's a full transcript on the website. Check out more: We spend a lot of time talking about Katrien’s paper: The impact of identity leadership on team functioning and well-being in team sport: Is psychological safety the missing link? We also discuss Unlocking the Power of ‘Us’: Longitudinal Evidence that Identity Leadership Predicts Team 5 Functioning and Athlete Well-Being Her website focuses on the services that she and her colleagues provide for organisations. Katrien is the co-author (alongside former guest Alex Haslam and Filip Boen) of The New Psychology of Sport and Exercise: The Social Identity Approach Here's Rob Briner's post about psychological safety being hard to reproduce on demand. More about Professor Katrien Fransen I talk about a podcast featuring the boat race, you can check that out here . Sign up to the Make Work Better newsletter or check out the best ever episodes at the website . Eat Sleep Work Repeat is made and hosted by Bruce Daisley . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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We-ness: The secret cause of Psychological Safety is an episode from Eat Sleep Work Repeat by Bruce Daisley.

This episode is 55:06 long.

This episode was published on Mar 14, 2026.

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