A "Bring Your Own Culture" Mindset, and Creating Psychological Safety with Aga Bajer

Today on The Future of Teamwork, host Dane Groeneveld speaks with the CEO of CultureBrained and host of The CultureLab podcast, Aga Bajer. Through her work with CultureBrained, Aga helps organizations cultivate environments that reinforce psychological safety and work in more trusting environments. In their conversation, Aga describes how growing up behind the Iron Curtain and later starting an ice cream factory influenced her career path.

Key Takeaways

• [00:12 - 04:35] Meet Aga Bajer, growing up behind the Iron Curtain and starting an ice cream factory
• [05:24 - 07:38] Good culture, leadership, and creative problem solving
• [07:45 - 12:01] BYOC (Bring Your Own Culture)
• [12:03 - 14:20] Contagious energy and informal influencers
• [14:20 - 17:29] Thinking about a DIY approach leveraging networks within their business
• [17:30 - 18:45] Nomination, and winning a golden ticket
• [18:45 - 25:24] Psychological safety in the process of changing plans, engaging with perceived failures and expectations
• [25:45 - 28:30] What psychological safety is, and the idea of "career limiting moves"
• [28:33 - 30:40] What psychological safety actually is includes uncomfortable conversations
• [30:41 - 32:22] Hacks for creating psychological safety
• [32:24 - 38:44] A vision for working differently together in the future
• [38:44 - 40:56] Attracting, retaining good talent is critical to embracing virtual and hybrid work
• [40:57 - 43:15] How many tribes you have in your life
• [43:17 - 45:26] Amy Edmondson, the mother of psychological safety
• [45:41 - 47:02] Create these workplaces for future generations