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Jade Garratt sets out the five principles behind how learning is designed at Psych Safety — for open-enrolment workshops and bespoke sessions alike — on the premise that learning is relational and cultural, not just transactional: what matters is not only what people take away but how it feels to be there. (1) Learning requires psychological safety — it would be hypocritical to teach psychological safety without attending to how safe the room feels, and without it learning stays surface-level; this is also why sessions aren't recorded and the Chatham House Rule is used, since people participate more fully when privacy is respected. (2) Design for how people actually learn — drawing on educational psychology and cognitive science, including the ASRI model (Attention, Sense-making, Retention, Internalisation), giving space for contextualisation, thought-provoking questions, and consolidation, and meeting people wherever they are, from first-timers to those with a PhD in the subject. The remaining principles continue the theme that good learning is built deliberately, as an environment, not merely delivered as content. A window onto the pedagogy behind the practice's training, and Jade's distinct education-facing voice.