Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well

Name: Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well
Author: Amy C. Edmondson

"Award-winning Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson has influenced legion MBA grads as well as Big Think authors from Brenâe Brown to Adam Grant with her pioneering work on psychological safety. Now, Amy is bringing her work to the wider world, upending our entire cultural notion of failure with this guide to the science of failing well, which actualizes the potential of psychological safety for both individuals and organizations alike"--.

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Publisher:	Atria Books
Publish Date:	09/05/2023
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	9781982195069
ISBN-10:	1982195061
Language:	English

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November 30, 2023

The 2023 Porchlight Business Book Awards

By Porchlight

These 40 books spoke to us—and we believe speak to each other—in a way that furthers the conversations we need to have in the organizations we work in, the communities we live in, and the societies that shape us. With them as a guide, we can make decisions that better shape each, in turn. READ FULL DESCRIPTION

September 20, 2023

Amy Edmondson in Conversation with Sally Haldorson

By Amy C Edmondson, Sally Haldorson

Amy Edmondson discussed some of the main points from her new book Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well in this previously live-streamed conversation with Porchlight's Managing Director Sally Haldorson. READ FULL DESCRIPTION

September 06, 2023

Why We Need to Reframe Failure

By Amy C Edmondson

Failures are an unavoidable part of progress. This is why it’s so important—and ultimately so rewarding—to master the science of failure. READ FULL DESCRIPTION

September 05, 2023

Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well

By Porchlight

A revolutionary guide that will transform your relationship with failure, from the pioneering researcher of psychological safety and award-winning Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson. READ FULL DESCRIPTION

July 27, 2023

Upcoming Live-Streamed Conversation with Amy Edmondson

By Amy C Edmondson

"This book is about what makes learning from failure so difficult to put into practice in our day-to-day lives and in the institutions we build. It's also about how we can do better." READ FULL DESCRIPTION

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Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year A revolutionary guide that will transform your relationship with failure, from the pioneering researcher of psychological safety and award-winning Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson. We used to think of failure as the opposite of success. Now, we're often torn between two "failure cultures" one that says to avoid failure at all costs, the other that says fail fast, fail often. The trouble is that both approaches lack the crucial distinctions to help us separate good failure from bad. As a result, we miss the opportunity to fail well. After decades of award-winning research, Amy Edmondson is here to upend our understanding of failure and make it work for us. In Right Kind of Wrong, Edmondson provides the framework to think, discuss, and practice failure wisely. Outlining the three archetypes of failure--basic, complex, and intelligent--Amy showcases how to minimize unproductive failure while maximizing what we gain from flubs of all stripes. She illustrates how we and our organizations can embrace our human fallibility, learn exactly when failure is our friend, and prevent most of it when it is not. This is the key to pursuing smart risks and preventing avoidable harm. With vivid, real-life stories from business, pop culture, history, and more, Edmondson gives us specifically tailored practices, skills, and mindsets to help us replace shame and blame with curiosity, vulnerability, and personal growth. You'll never look at failure the same way again.

About the Author

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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