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    The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth
    The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth
    The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth
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    The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth

    Written by Amy C. Edmondson

    Narrated by Jennifer Jill Araya

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    The Fearless Organization offers practical guidance for teams and organizations who are serious about success in the modern economy. With so much riding on innovation, creativity, and spark, it is essential to attract and retain quality talent—but what good does this talent do if no one is able to speak their mind? The traditional culture of "fitting in" and "going along" spells doom in the knowledge economy. Success requires a continuous influx of new ideas, new challenges, and critical thought, and the interpersonal climate must not suppress, silence, ridicule or intimidate. Not every idea is good, and yes there are stupid questions, and yes dissent can slow things down, but talking through these things is an essential part of the creative process. People must be allowed to voice half-finished thoughts, ask questions from left field, and brainstorm out loud; it creates a culture in which a minor flub or momentary lapse is no big deal, and where actual mistakes are owned and corrected, and where the next left-field idea could be the next big thing.

    This book explores this culture of psychological safety, and provides a blueprint for bringing it to life. The road is sometimes bumpy, but succinct and informative scenario-based explanations provide a clear path forward to constant learning and healthy innovation.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAscent Audio
    Release dateApr 9, 2019
    ISBN9781469073125
    Author

    Amy C. Edmondson

    Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, renowned for her research on psychological safety over twenty years. Her award-winning work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Psychology Today, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, and more. Named by Thinkers50 in 2021 as the #1 Management Thinker in the world, Edmondson’s Ted Talk “How to Turn a Group of Strangers into a Team” has been viewed over three million times. She received her PhD, AM, and AB from Harvard University. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is the author of Right Kind of Wrong, The Fearless Organization, and Teaming.

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      The book presents a clear perspectives on the development of psychological safety at work,all the concepts were covered. The real life examples were also helpful in promoting deeper understanding..I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in this subject