25 min listen
How one woman’s ‘fail’ lets us all embrace failure at work
How one woman’s ‘fail’ lets us all embrace failure at work
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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Dec 15, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
When we make a mistake or fail at work we might want the earth to open up and swallow us whole. But what makes a fail ‘right’ and how can we talk about it at work?Amy Edmondson is a Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School. Renowned for her world-leading research into the concept of psychological safety, a crucible movement in the 1990s helped her understand our relationship with failure and how we can better embrace it at work.In her new book Right Kind of Wrong, Amy explains the three archetypes of failure and which ones help us fail in the right way.
Released:
Dec 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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