Gina Battye argues that psychological safety isn’t just a “shared belief” but a dynamic, moment-by-moment experience that varies depending on context and relationships.
She warns that treating safety as a checkbox, through one-off training or slogans, won’t survive real pressures. Instead, Gina insists that leaders must embed it in daily practices: openly owning mistakes, checking in individually, acting quickly on toxic behaviour, and rewarding those who raise tough questions.
For her, psychological safety is foundational: when leaders get this wrong, the result is disengagement, broken trust and culture crises.