The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety

STAGE 2Learner Safety

Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.—Jiddu Krishnamurti

Figure 6. The second stage on the path to inclusion and innovation

The Human Need to Learn and Grow

In the second stage of psychological safety, we shift our focus from human status to human need—in this case the innate human need to learn and grow, to engage in all aspects of the learning process without fear of being rejected or neglected (figure 6, previous page).

Consider that in the United States of America, a student drops out of high ...