Amy C. Edmondson Books
Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School.
Known for: Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well, Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy, The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth
Books by Amy C. Edmondson
Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well
In 'Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well', Harvard Business School professor Amy C. Edmondson explores how individuals and organizations can learn from failure. Drawing on decades of resea...
Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy
In 'Teaming', Harvard Business School professor Amy C. Edmondson explores how organizations can thrive in complex, fast-changing environments by fostering collaboration and learning. She introduces th...
The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth
The Fearless Organization offers a comprehensive guide to building psychological safety in the workplace—a climate where employees feel free to express ideas, ask questions, and admit mistakes without...
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Defining Failure
To learn from failure, we must first develop a precise language for it. All failures are not created equal, and lumping them together distorts our understanding. In *Right Kind of Wrong*, I draw a critical distinction: some failures are avoidable and represent errors of execution; some arise from th...
From Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well
The Psychology of Failure
The human experience of failure is deeply emotional. Despite our rational understanding that everyone makes mistakes, few of us can separate our errors from our sense of worth. The feelings of fear, embarrassment, or shame that accompany failure are some of the most powerful inhibitors of learning. ...
From Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well
The Need for Dynamic Teaming in the Knowledge Economy
The traditional picture of teamwork—stable membership, fixed goals, steady routines—simply doesn’t fit today’s reality. In the knowledge economy, problems are too fluid, expertise too distributed, and technology too fast-paced to rely on static collaboration. Teaming answers the need for flexibility...
From Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy
Psychological Safety: The Foundation of Learning and Collaboration
If there is a single concept that underpins effective teaming, it is psychological safety—the shared belief that you can speak up without fear of humiliation or punishment. Without it, teaming collapses under the weight of silence. People hold back ideas, conceal errors, and avoid asking questions. ...
From Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy
The Concept of Fearless Organizations
I begin with a recognition that fear holds extraordinary power over human behavior. In many workplaces, fear is woven into daily routines—it drives silence during meetings, fuels the avoidance of feedback, and discourages creativity. A fearless organization, by contrast, challenges this norm. It is ...
From The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth
Understanding Psychological Safety
Psychological safety, at its core, is a shared belief held by team members that interpersonal risk-taking is safe. It is not about being nice or avoiding conflict—it is about honesty in service of learning. My research, conducted in varied industries and contexts, repeatedly demonstrated that teams ...
From The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth
About Amy C. Edmondson
Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School. She is widely recognized for her pioneering research on teams, psychological safety, and organizational learning, and has published extensively in academic and business journals.
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