Susanna Romantsova

I left IKEA 4 years ago. Since then I’ve worked with 48 international corporations. 70% of them are my long-term clients. I’ve seen these companies through restructurings, transformations, cultural pivots. Believe me, I have zero illusions about perfect companies (except IKEA ofc 😊). And yet not...

I have a major concern with corporate wellbeing, because most of such programs were designed to help people tolerate bad systems. To breathe through the bad manager or meditate past the broken process or even build resilience to absorb what should simply be changed. That’s not wellbeing, in my op...

I've just delivered my keynote at HR WEEK WARSAW on psychological safety in practice. Fun fact: wy Whoop detected it as a workout 😄 And honestly, it makes sense. Showing up fully on stage and speaking about fear, courage, and leadership takes real energy. But what meant the most were your questio...

Why do so many leaders avoid tension instead of using it? It was such a pleasure to speak with Maciej Herman 🇺🇦✌️ and Robert Zydel on the LOTTE Wedel podcast about leadership and psychological safety. We touched on something that I see in almost every organization I work with: We’ve been trained -...

There's a nuance in psychological safety nobody talks about: the higher you climb, the more expensive visibility becomes. Early in your career, being seen is mostly upside - you have nothing to protect and everything to gain. At senior level, the math flips. Your reputation becomes an asset you've...