Listen "Building Psychological Safety for a Diverse and Inclusive Work Culture with Swapna Savant"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode, I interviewed Swapna Savant. Swapna is an accomplished engineering leader with over 17 years of industry experience.
Swapna discusses the importance of building psychological safety within teams in this episode.
She explains that psychological safety is a shared belief among team members that allows them to freely express their thoughts and ideas without fear of negative consequences.
Swapna emphasizes the role of communication, open dialogue, and leading by example in creating a safe and inclusive work environment.
She also highlights the need to celebrate successes and provide real-time feedback.
Swapna explains that embracing diversity and inclusion is crucial for fostering psychological safety and improving team dynamics.
She shares strategies for building trust with remote team members and maintaining psychological safety in a distributed work environment.
Swapna is an accomplished engineering leader who integrates design, strategy, analytics, and end-to-end entrepreneurial ownership.
Swapna is currently leading the engineering teams responsible for expanding the platform capabilities for Fortune 500 companies and enterprise partners.
She has 17 years of industry experience building large-scale systems and high-performing teams. Her expertise revolves around building strategies to lead organizations to be more data-driven, along with platform and productivity engineering serving product, finance, and machine learning.
She is highly passionate about improving diversity and inclusion in tech and is associated with LeanIn Circles. She earned her Master's in Computer Science and started her career with multi-national companies. She later moved to start-ups to feed her creative mind and significantly impact the business's success.
Follow Swapna on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/swapnasavant/
Swapna discusses the importance of building psychological safety within teams in this episode.
She explains that psychological safety is a shared belief among team members that allows them to freely express their thoughts and ideas without fear of negative consequences.
Swapna emphasizes the role of communication, open dialogue, and leading by example in creating a safe and inclusive work environment.
She also highlights the need to celebrate successes and provide real-time feedback.
Swapna explains that embracing diversity and inclusion is crucial for fostering psychological safety and improving team dynamics.
She shares strategies for building trust with remote team members and maintaining psychological safety in a distributed work environment.
Swapna is an accomplished engineering leader who integrates design, strategy, analytics, and end-to-end entrepreneurial ownership.
Swapna is currently leading the engineering teams responsible for expanding the platform capabilities for Fortune 500 companies and enterprise partners.
She has 17 years of industry experience building large-scale systems and high-performing teams. Her expertise revolves around building strategies to lead organizations to be more data-driven, along with platform and productivity engineering serving product, finance, and machine learning.
She is highly passionate about improving diversity and inclusion in tech and is associated with LeanIn Circles. She earned her Master's in Computer Science and started her career with multi-national companies. She later moved to start-ups to feed her creative mind and significantly impact the business's success.
Follow Swapna on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/swapnasavant/
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