Fostering Psychological Safety and Effective Communication in a Hierarchical Organization

Like any military organisation, command and control is necessary, especially in battle.  When the stakes are this high, how can the time and space be made for testing new ideas, and challenging the status quo?

So how does an organisation like the UK’s Royal Air Force learn, adapt and grow when hierarchy and orders are commonplace?  Flight Lieutenant Nic Corrigan joins us to share how time is consciously made for reflection and analysis so that the RAF can always be certain it’s improving and evolving its capacity and capabilities. Nic brings with him a critical perspective on this given his unit is responsible for human performance.

This is a fascinating insight into not just the processes the RAF follows, but also how they have developed and sustained the culture to support this.

Enjoy the episode!