A dynamic perspective on team psychological safety
On Friday 16 June 2023 Bård Fyhn will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Assistant Professor Bård Fyhn
- Bard.Fyhn@nhh.no
- Telephone
- +47 55 95 91 86
- Department
- Strategy and Management
- Office
- E318
- Expertise
- Psychological safety Organizational psychology Teamwork Leadership skills
BIO
Bård is a former naval officer with 15 years varied experience within military logistics and leadership training, involving an international operation and a Bachelor’s degree from Royal Norwegian Naval Academy (Sjøkrigsskolen). He took his Master’s degree at NHH, and is now back to pursue his interests within leadership and teams from an academic perspective. His last position within the military was as a leadership mentor at Sjøkrigsskolen, a useful experience when teaching leadership skills at NHH.
Through his doctoral work, Bård has delved into psychological safety in teams. His thesis "Safe today, tomorrow, and together: A dynamic perspective on team psychological safety" deals with how team members can build psychological safety and the importance of working with psychological safety over time and in a way that includes everyone on the team. Bård actively communicates his own and others' research in the field and has participated in a number of podcasts (lenke: Video/podcast – Velkommen til gruppetenkerne).
Selected publications
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Fyhn, Bård; Bang, Henning; Sverdrup, Therese; Schei, Vidar | Safe Among the Unsafe: Psychological Safety Climate Strength Matters for Team Performance | Small Group Research; 2022 |
| Fyhn, Bård; Schei, Vidar; Sverdrup, Therese | Taking the emergent in team emergent states seriously: A review and preview | Human Resource Management Review Volume 33 (1); 2022 |
| Fyhn, Bård | «Waiting for the host to start this meeting…» - Psykologisk trygghet i digitalt teamarbeid | Necesse Volume 5 (2); page 117 - 128; 2020 |
| Schei, Vidar; Sverdrup, Therese E.; Fyhn, Bård | Effektive team: Fant Google oppskriften? Psykologisk trygghet i virtuelle team | Magma forskning og viten Volume 4; page 73 - 83; 2020 |
Dissemination
The importance of psychological safety in digital teamwork
Working in a team is not always easy. It did not get any easier after we were not allowed to meet face to face. But what does research tell us about digital teamwork that can help us in the ongoing corona pandemic?
Scandinavian management style more sought-after during the Covid-19 pandemic
Covid-19 is creating long-lasting changes to business and industry and the view of what constitutes a good leader. A new international survey shows that 'the world' now values leaders who are clearly empathetic and are tolerant of failure.
Three tips for psychological safety
‘Imagine walking into a meeting and immediately feeling insecure when you see the people there. This lack of psychological safety impedes progress,’ says NHH PhD student Bård Fyhn, who is competing in Forsker Grand Prix.