Beyond the Buzzword – A Psychologist’s Thoughts on Psychological Safety (Pre-Craft Meetup at Tesco)
About the event
Is psychological safety worth all the hype? How did it become a buzzword and what’s actually true about it?
Let's find out together at the Pre-Craft Meetup at Tesco. We’ll be joined by Joseph Pelrine, a psychologist and one of the world’s most experienced experts in Agile methods, with a talk “Beyond the Buzzword – A Psychologist’s Thoughts on Psychological Safety”. Our guest will challenge some common misconceptions and share what psychological safety really means in practice.
Come for the talk and stay after for a casual networking evening with snacks.
About the talk:
Beyond the Buzzword –
A Psychologist’s Thoughts on Psychological Safety
With ca. 400 million search results on Google, psychological safety has become one of the biggest buzzwords in business in recent years. Unfortunately, most people who write and talk about psychological safety are not psychologists. Although they are, for the most part, well-meaning, this has led to misinformation about what psychological safety is and how it can be fostered in teams.
This talk addresses some misconceptions about psychological safety, presents techniques psychologists use to analyse it in teams, and asks whether psychological safety is all that’s needed for high-performing teams.
Keynote speaker:
A quiet and reserved researcher and practitioner, Joseph Pelrine is considered by cognoscenti to be one of the pioneers and top experts on Agile methods. He has spent over 30 years defining and refining processes to help some of the world’s most well-known companies improve their ability to satisfy the needs of their customers.
As a psychologist, his focus on people and his experience in applying leading-edge techniques from social complexity and psychology to process optimisation go far beyond the domain of software development and extend to the whole organisation.
Although Joseph Pelrine still occasionally works as a consultant or interim manager, his preference is passing his knowledge on by counselling and advising individuals and organisations, often in the role of a CTO/CIO/CDO “whisperer”. He conducts research in novel applications of psychology to teams and development processes, and he continues his original PhD research in forensic psychology and psycholinguistics.
When: 03.06.2026 17:00-19:00
Where: Tesco Business Solutions & Technology, Váci út 187, Budapest, 1138, Hungary
Place within the building: Ground floor
How to get there: Use Metro Line 3 and get off at Újpest Városkapu. Then walk along Váci road till you get to the office building next to the road. There is an entrance to the building from the road. If you come inside, turn left and there you’ll find the big room, area where the event will take place.
You can approach the building from the opposite side, from the direction of the Tesco store, where there is a huge parking lot (paid option). In case you enter the building here, walk a few more meters and you’ll find the event area on your right side.
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