Vital Signs for Engineering Teams

About this template

Inspired by Timothy Clark's model, this template presents a pyramid approach to shaping high-performing engineering teams. It walks leaders through four levels of team safety, offering practical guidance on fostering inclusiveness, continuous learning, autonomy, and candor, while also highlighting the key dysfunctions to watch out for at each stage.

"Psychological safety is not a binary state but a sequential hierarchy—Inclusion, Learner, Contributor, and Challenger safety—that acts as an essential nutrient for team energy and innovation, much like Vitamin B complex does for the body."