Fearless outperformance: creating conditions for the very best teams to excel
This week I am joined by Amy C. Edmondson to discuss her latest book, The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth. Amy is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School and is a world expert on psychological safety.
The topic of psychological safety has been recently made famous by the findings of Google’s Project Aristotle, the quest to build the perfect team. They discovered that even the extremely smart, high powered employees at companies like Google need a psychologically safe work environment in order to fully contribute the talents they bring to the market. This study references Amy’s work, and was the catalyst for her to write this book.
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What Was Covered
- How leaders can create psychologically safe environments in the workplace, in service of innovation and profitable growth
- The ‘fearless’ organization, and why fear-based leadership strategies are a recipe for failure
- How leaders leverage approaches from indigenous cultures to deal with some of the worlds more pressing VUCA challenges
Key Takeaways and Learnings
- Psychological safety: why workplaces should be safe spaces for employees to explore, experiment and solve problems
- Uncertainty and interdependence: why human and interpersonal fears create unsafe work environments
- Silence: why keeping quiet can be dangerous and result in enormous mistakes and value destruction, as well as lost market opportunities
Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode
- Get in touch with Amy via Twitter or LinkedIn
- Amy’s page at Harvard Business School
- The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth, a book by Amy Edmondson
- What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team, HBS case by Charles Duhigg
- Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American, an article by Gautam Mukunda, Lisa Mazzanti and Aldo Sesia
- The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women, a book by Kate Moore
- Questions Are the Answer: A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life, a book by Hal Gregersen
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Communication Expert | Relationship Strategist | Estrangement Coach | Trainer - Educator | Researcher
6 年Thank you for sharing this podcast. Excellence in action!
Senior User Researcher @ Google ? Speaker, Author & Lecturer ? 15+ Years of Using Research to Grow People, Products & Ideas ? Helping People To Live Longer & Healthier Lives
6 年Thank you for this amazing conversation, Amy!
Executive Level Organization and Leadership Development Professional helping firms link culture-strategy-learning and facilitating change AND Professor, Strategy, Management, and Human Resources
6 年Been following Dr Edmonson for almost two decades. From my dissertation work at GWU, to Harvard executive series, to applying lessons with clients, her work has been instrumental. Fearless has all the potential to impact more.
Senior Director - TACT Intelligence Conseil. I deliver business strategies and guidance designed to enhance organizational performance, streamline efficiency, and secure financial stability and growth for our clients.
6 年Thanks for sharing Amy! Will share with my network
Prof @ Harvard Business School; Author of "Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well"
6 年talking with Mark was a joy. ?I hope others will enjoy the exchange in his wonderful episode.?