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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion _quarto.yml
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navbar:
left:
- text: "Placeholder"
- text: "Meetings"
file: "meetings/index.md"


format:
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title: "Seaside chats: Psychological safety"
---


## What is psychological safety?

[Openscapes defines psychological safety](https://openscapes.github.io/series/core-lessons/team-culture.html#psychological-safety)
as a shared belief that team members will not be rejected or embarrassed for speaking up with their ideas, questions, or concerns.

For example, many of us have experienced traumatic hyper-critical environments
(academia, high pressured meetings and presentations) that have resulted in low levels of psychological safety. Often, we feel
uncomfortable or self-conscious speaking up because we're worried about how people will
respond.

Our goal is to help people become more comfortable sharing their work by discussing
psychological safety, our experiences, and how we can all do better.


### What can we do about it?

Positive _and_ negative interactions can be self-reinforcing or contagious. Our actions
can establish virtuous cycles. Let's talk about what we want to see.


## What is a seaside chat?

The idea is encouraging a community to have a regularly scheduled session for
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topic.


## What is psychological safety?

[Openscapes defines psychological safety](https://openscapes.github.io/series/core-lessons/team-culture.html#psychological-safety)
as a shared belief that team members will not be rejected or embarrassed for speaking up with their ideas, questions, or concerns.

For example, many of us have experienced traumatic hyper-critical environments
(academia, high pressured meetings and presentations) that have resulted in low levels of psychological safety. Often, we feel
uncomfortable or self-conscious speaking up because we're worried about how people will
respond.

Our goal is to help people become more comfortable sharing their work by discussing
psychological safety, our experiences, and how we can all do better.


## What can we do about it?

Good _and_ bad interactions can be self-reinforcing or contagious. Our actions can
establish virtuous cycles. Let's talk about what we want to see.


## Reference

* [What Is Psychological Safety?](https://hbr.org/2023/02/what-is-psychological-safety)
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---
title: "2024-04-01: Our first chat"
description: |
11 scientists and science support professionals met for the first time and reflected
on their unique experiences and lessons learned around psychological safety, in
addition to a discussion about April Fools' Day!
date: "2024-04-01"
---

:::{.callout-note}
Names and identifying details have been omitted to provide a safe discussion space
without fear of negative consequences.

The source of this document is a shared Google Document, so please keep in mind that the
speaker changes from bullet-to-bullet.
:::


## Attendees

11 attendees represented the following organizations:

* Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (NOAA-PIFSC)
* Southwest Fisherise Science Center (NOAA-SWFSC)
* Northwest Fisherise Science Center (NOAA-NWFSC)
* Northeast Fisherise Science Center (NOAA-NEFSC)
* Openscapes
* National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)


### Icebreaker

*What's your favorite or least favorite April Fools' joke you've seen today?*

* Many reflected on negative psychological safety experiences with April Fools' jokes.
* "The distinction between a fun prank and bullying isn't as clear as it may seem."
* Some reflected on jokes which have negatively affected their work day.


## Discussion

### What does "psychological safety" mean to you?

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:::


### In your career, what experiences stand out in your memory when you think about “psychological safety”?

:::{.callout-important}
_TODO: Finish!_
:::


### What do you do or want to do to improve psychological safety in your workplace?

:::{.callout-important}
_TODO: Finish!_
:::


## Next meeting prep

Would you like to meet again? When? What kinds of things would you like to focus on?

* Would be nice to going back to discussion about Psychological safety
around openscapes and open science - how to feel “safe” to share and use materials
(can be overwhelming)
* There are a lot of positive interactions in open source communities that
aren’t very visible. Would making them more visible help?


:::{.callout-important}
_TODO: Finish!_
:::


## Action items

* [ ] Start a discussion (GH Discussions? Slack?) about next topic
* <https://github.com/Openscapes/seaside-chat-psychological-safety/issues/3>
* [ ] Tentatively schedule a meeting in ~3 months
* <https://github.com/Openscapes/seaside-chat-psychological-safety/issues/2>
- [x] Summarize discussion on GitHUb / website (no names, experiences, or anecdotes will be
shared - just a summary of concepts we've explored)
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---
listing:
contents:
- "*/index.md"
fields:
- "title"
- "date"
- "author"
- "description"
# NOTE: "image" omitted. Not sure what we would use ;)
sort:
- "date desc"
---