The Psychological Safety Dialogue Canvas

This workshop is built around a practical dialogue canvas designed to help teams explore and strengthen psychological safety. Inspired by Amy Edmondson’s work, the template invites participants to reflect on how safe they feel speaking up, with ideas, questions, concerns, and mistakes, and to make those perceptions visible within the group.

The canvas helps teams:

• Surface unspoken experiences and assumptions

• Identify patterns in comfort, silence, and risk-taking

• Build shared awareness and empathy

• Turn insight into concrete commitments for change

It is especially valuable for leadership teams, cross-functional teams, project groups, and academic teams who want to improve collaboration, trust, and open communication, particularly during moments of growth, change, or tension.

The workshop combines individual reflection with structured group dialogue. Participants first assess how often and how comfortably they express certain statements, then map their reflections onto a shared matrix. The visual output creates a powerful starting point for conversation, helping the team discuss patterns, clarify expectations, and agree on small, meaningful next steps.

The result is not just a conversation about psychological safety, but a shared understanding of how to actively build it together.