Psychological Safety - A Shared Practice - Work Well Live Webinar
On our most recent Work Well Live webinar discussing psychological safety, Davina Ramkissoon explored what this concept really means, and how it shapes the way we speak, listen, and work together. We looked at both the organisational frameworks behind the term as well as the role that our nervous system plays in co-regulation, building relationships, and self-care during times of stress - all of which influence our capacity to contribute to a psychologically safe working environment.
Psychological safety is often seen as something a leader creates, but Davina reframed it as a shared, team-wide practice. There was something here for everyone and attendees left with fresh insights and practical inspiration to bring more trust, openness, and safety into their everyday work.
During the session we also heard an update on the live cohort of companies currently engaged in the Healthy Ireland Framework pilot programme and the upcoming People Manager Wellbeing Programme.
You’ll find the full recording below as well as poll results from the in-webinar survey and a speaker profile for our guest Davina Ramkissoon. You can download the slides from the session through this link.
Guest Profile: Davina Ramkissoon
Davina is a Workplace Wellbeing Psychologist with over a decade of experience designing and delivering health and wellbeing strategies for organisations. She specialises in helping companies create healthy workplaces through evidence-based wellbeing design. She has consulted on wellbeing programmes and designed tailored interventions for companies such as Meta, Twitter, Google, Apple, Johnson & Johnson, IDA, and the INMO, in addition to holding in-house wellbeing roles across the manufacturing, construction, and investment banking sectors. Davina’s expertise spans consultancy, research, and outcome measurement. She also provides one-to-one support for individuals looking to change health behaviours. She is trained in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and motivational interviewing (MI) and uses these frameworks, along with behaviour change science, to empower people to build healthier habits across the lifespan. In addition to her corporate work, Davina has contributed to community and public service projects in the UK, Peru, and Vietnam, developing wellbeing programmes for children and families that focus on early intervention and community-led health approaches. A recognised voice in workplace wellbeing, Davina has been featured in Business Insider, The Irish Examiner, and The Sunday Business Post for her insights on building cultures that support employee mental health, wellbeing, and prevent burnout.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brian Crooke is a wellbeing educator, speaker and adviser, empowering Irish organisations to promote and sustain wellbeing within their workplaces.
He is the founder of The Work Well Institute and the Workplace Wellbeing Ireland community and is Course Director of the Postgraduate Certificate in Workplace Wellness at Tangent, Trinity College Dublin. He is the host of The Work Well Podcast.
In his spare time, Brian is bringing free resistance training to every county and community in Ireland through his parkHIIT social enterprise.
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