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Hi. 
It's Mike Raven. 

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Here it is episode 320, it has 
been a while. 

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I'm going to try to do more of 
these. 

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It's November 10th 2022. 
Today I'm reading a post that I 

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recently published titled 
psychological safety as a 

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precondition for lean. 
Simply put we cannot get 20 harm

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without psychological safety. 
I wrote that as part of a page 

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that I published on the value 
capture website, you can find a 

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link to it in the blog post for 
this episode. 

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You can go to lean blog dot org 
slash audio 320 that page on the

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valley capture website is titled
psychological safety and it's 

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essential link to continuous 
Improvement. 

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I hope you will go check that 
out, but I've come to understand

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that psychological. 
Safety. 

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This concept, this real thing 
that is out there in 

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organizations or not. 
It's a precondition for 

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implementing lean. 
Or however you might say it. 

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And I should go back and 
clarify, it's not, yes, no. 

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In terms of psychological 
safety, there are degrees of 

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psychological safety that are 
felt in perceived by different 

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people in an organization or not
felt. 

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But anyway, Toyota seems to 
strive for if not have 

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Relatively high level of 
psychological safety. 

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You can't expect to copy, Toyota
tools, and expect them to work 

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the same way with the same 
Effectiveness in your workplace.

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If you don't have a high enough 
level of psychological safety 

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where you are, you can't have 
continuous Improvement without a

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high enough. 
Level of psychological safety, 

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you won't have high class 
performance without a high 

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enough level of psychological 
safety. 

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So again, why do I say High 
Enough? 

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If it's not a binary, yes, no 
situation. 

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When it comes to psychological 
safety, there is a spectrum. 

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We don't say or ask, is it 
psychologically safe. 

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That asks for a yes-no answer 
it's more a matter of how safe 

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is it. 
And again, safety is a matter of

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individual perspective, how safe
do you feel that? 

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It is the same environment. 
Might feel relatively safe for 

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you, but at the same time, not 
for me. 

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Tan are different experiences. 
Both in the current organization

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as well as past experiences. 
Or you might say baggage that we

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bring with us as we each way the
decision of do, I speak up to 

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challenge the status quo or not?
Your risk-reward balance, might 

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very well be different than mine
so I'm excited to have been 

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trained and certified by a 
company called leader factor on 

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a methodology they refer to and 
there's a great book. 

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Book by the same Title, by 
Timothy our Clark, the four 

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stages of psychological safety. 
This methodology can be used to 

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measure learn and improve 
psychological safety. 

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My learning continues, I've been
really energized by what I've 

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learned from, Tim Clark, his 
work and from leader factor, I 

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would love to work with you on 
this within your team or your 

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organization. 
If you would like to talk about 

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how to measure learn and 
improve. 

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Psychological safety, you can 
contact me. 

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If you'd like to talk you can 
do. 

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So by going to lien blog, dot 
org, slash contact or you can 

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email me Mark at lean blog 
dot-org. 

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If you'd like to talk you can 
do. 

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So by going to lien blog, dot 
org, slash contact or you can 

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email me Mark at lean blog 
dot-org.