The Safety Effect will help you replicate the conditions shared by Google's most effective teams. Psychological safety is the primary driver of team effectiveness at Google, more important than seniority, individual team member performance, and hundreds of other variables. When we work in a psychologically safe workplace, we comfortably share ideas for improvement, ask for help when we need it, and celebrate our successes. We proactively identify and solve challenges while educating each other about what has worked well, helping us to regularly reach and exceed our goals. As a result, each of us is happier, our teams are more productive and our companies thrive. Psychological safety seems simple and might feel like common sense, but it can be incredibly difficult to implement. Despite decades of research showing its benefits within Google and across industries, companies continue to fail to create psychologically safe spaces. Employee happiness and team performance suffer, inhibiting many companies from realizing their potential greatness. Author David Moerlein was a top rated manager at Google for more than a decade, leading hundreds of people across ten global offices. In The Safety Effect , David invites you into a world of psychological safety. His stories and Google-proven tools inspire personal reflection and promote action within and beyond our teams, helping each of us to achieve increased happiness, productivity and success. "Drawing from his successful career at Google, Author Dave Moerlein provides an engaging tale of his discovery of psychological safety and why it matters so very much in the modern workplace. The Safety Effect is an immensely practical guide to developing the skills and habits you need to build psychological safety in your work environment." Amy C. Edmondson , Novartis Professor of Leadership, Harvard Business School; Author, Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well (Atria 2023) and The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth (Wiley 2018). " The Safety Effect is a deep dive into psychological safety as an applied discipline. David takes us on a journey of converting theory into practice and actually creating conditions that foster and sustain psychological safety, or in other words, a culture of rewarded vulnerability. It's an inside-out approach that begins with the individual as the unit of performance, progressing to the team, and ultimately, the organization. In each stage of the journey, David offer's field-tested tools that offer enormous value to the practitioner. If you need to transform your culture and unleash the full potential of your team or organization, use this book as a guide." Timothy R. Clark , CEO of LeaderFactor, author of The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety "Dave Moerlein's The Safety Effect is an authoritative guide on building psychologically safe workspaces. It underscores the pivotal role of leadership in nurturing an environment where psychological safety flourishes, directly impacting team dynamics and business performance. Moerlein combines his extensive Google experience with robust research, proving that psychological safety is not just essential for employee well-being but also a cornerstone for driving better business results and fostering innovative thinking." Jim Lecinski , Marketing Professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Business, former Google Vice President "I experienced first-hand Dave's ability to create psychological safety for the teams that he led at Google. His teams ran smoothly, honestly, and successfully, all while each individual felt completely comfortable being themselves. For those who weren't as lucky as me to work directly for him, The Safety Effect is an unbelievable resource to lead your own team and workplace to the same type of success and respect he fostered at Google." Laura Mae Martin , Executive Productivity Advisor at Google, author of Uptime: The Practical Guide to Productivity and Wellbeing "Dave is a strategic, and empathetic leader who brings a sense of belonging, happiness and fulfillment to his teams. His study on psychological safety unlocks a key piece to highly effective teams, and more importantly, joy in your life!" Shannon Wasiolek , Global Managing Director at Google