Exclusive Working Session

Thank you for participating in the working session last week!

It was a pleasure to host Professor Amy C. Edmondson alongside Kieran White, bringing together senior leaders from across Australia to explore how we create the conditions for sustainable performance and fearless leadership. 

Drawing on the data you shared ahead of the forum, Amy and Kieran were able to guide a rich, cross-company conversation where you surfaced challenges, exchanged what’s working (and what’s not), and sparked many fresh insights. We ended the day with each table sharing the single most powerful idea that stood out. Many centred on ‘flipping the script’ on ‘speaking up’ by making silence more costly than voicing ideas or concerns. 

Our sincere thanks to Amy, Kieran, the PeopleTalking team, and Qantas and Brooke Dwyer for hosting us so generously. Most importantly, thank you to each of you for your openness and contribution. Your willingness to learn together made the day both energising and impactful. 

We are now pleased to share the resources, reflections, and moments from the day. 

What We Explored Together

Throughout the working session, a set of clear and consistent themes emerged from the conversations in the room. These reflections capture the shared experiences, challenges, and aspirations voiced by Amy, Kieran, and leaders, offering a snapshot of what matters most as we work to create the conditions for sustainable performance and fearless leadership.

Download Amy’s Slides

For those who would like to revisit the core ideas and concepts Amy shared, we’ve included a downloadable copy of her presentation from the day.

Continue Your Learning Journey

Amy has recommended the following articles and papers to deepen your understanding and support ongoing application.
Please note: these publications may require you to subscribe to be viewed.

• Why kindness isn’t a nice to have. With Nicki Macklin and Thomas H. Lee. July 29, 2025.
• Chamorro-Premuzic, T. & Edmondson, A. To create psychological safety, don’t bring your whole self to work. Fast Company. October 6, 2025
• Edmondson, A. Why you should care about the distinction between mistake and failure. Drucker Forum Blog. September 27, 2025.
• Hugander, P. and Edmondson, A. Skills Training Links Psychological Safety to Revenue Growth. MIT Sloan Management Review, August, 2024. 

“Keep Talking”

Psychological safety is a practice, not an event — and the real impact happens in the conversations, behaviours, and habits that follow. We invite you to keep the dialogue alive within your teams, across your organisation, and with us at PeopleTalking. 

If you’d like support to deepen this work or bring it to life in practical, scalable ways, we’re here to help. We partner with organisations in the following ways:  

• Conversational agility: helping individuals and teams navigate tension, speak up, and stay connected using David Kantor’s Structural Dynamics model as a practical framework for high-quality conversations. 
• Psychological safety measurement and insight: including the Fearless Organisation Team Scan (FOS) and the Enterprise Psychological Safety Index (EPSI) for large-scale measurement 
• High-performance teaming: building the behaviours, rhythms, and mindsets that sustain performance over time. 
• Leadership capability development: from customised immersive programs to short, scalable digital learning solutions. 
• Online learning and toolkits — including The Fearless Leader’s Toolkit (based on Amy Edmondson’s Leader’s Toolkit) and our customisable micro-learning series. 

If you’d like to explore what support could look like, we’d love to “keep talking” with you.