What’s the difference between psychological safety and safeguarding — and why does it matter? While both are concerned with wellbeing, psychological safety focuses on workplace culture and interpersonal risk, whereas safeguarding is about formal responsibilities to prevent harm. Treating them as the same thing can lead to missed issues, ineffective responses, and harm going unaddressed.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion work is often framed as something we do “out there”, in organisations, in systems, in communities. But the truth is that it starts much closer to home. Self‑reflection invites us to slow down, notice our patterns, and understand how our stories shape the way we lead, collaborate and make decisions. It’s a practice of honesty, humility and care. And without it, EDI work becomes performative rather than transformative. In this piece, I share why self‑reflection is essential, and what it makes possible.