What does it really take for people to do their best work? In this episode, hosts Allyson Zimmermann and Sarah McGowan dive into two often-overlooked but mission-critical ingredients in high-performing workplaces: belonging and psychological safety. You’ll hear why these aren’t just warm-and-fuzzy HR concepts but measurable drivers of performance, wellbeing, innovation, and retention. With insights from neuroscience from Dr Marcia Goddard, organisational research and lived experience, this conversation explores what it feels like to work in a safe environment and how to build one.

With contributions from:

• Dr. Marcia Goddard – Neuroscientist, business consultant and keynote speaker at our Budapest conference
• Dunke Afe – Non-Executive Director at BlackRock
• Nisha Rajamohan Coughlan – DEI Leader EMEA at Cargill

Podcast producer - Julien Manuguerra-Patten

Resources & Mentions:

• BetterUp Research on Belonging & Performance
• UCLA Study by Eisenberger & Lieberman on Social Pain
• Project Aristotle by Google
• Work from Amy Edmondson

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