06/08/2026
June is Men's Mental Health Month, and I spent part of last week taking a course on mental health and psychological safety in the construction and trades industry.
One of the ideas that's stayed with me is that psychological safety isn't about creating a "soft" workplace.
It's about creating an environment where people feel safe enough to ask questions, admit mistakes, say they're overwhelmed, or simply say, "I don't know."
The more businesses I work with, the more I realize people don't usually stay silent because they don't care.
Often, they stay silent because the environment tells them it's safer to.
And when that happens, assumptions get made, communication breaks down, mistakes go unspoken, and people carry more than they should.
We spend a lot of time talking about physical safety in the trades - and we should.
But maybe psychological safety deserves the same attention.
Not because it lowers the standard.
Because it helps us build stronger teams, better communication, and workplaces where people don't feel like they have to carry everything alone.
I'd be curious to hear what others in the industry think about this.