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Why Organizations Forget What They Learn from Failures

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Organizations sometimes make catastrophic mistakes. Consider NASA, an organization employing some of the nation’s brightest minds. Some people within the organization had concerns with a component (the O-rings) being affected by low temperatures. Why do organizations forget what they learn, even when stakes are so high?

Organization

Organization McCombs Pharmaceuticals Learning-by-Doing

Loyalty to a Leader Is Overrated, Even Dangerous

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Think of (my daughter’s favorite) Kung Fu Panda only developing as a fighting warrior when he submits fully to his master, Grand Master Oogway or (in a more serious vein) Moses leading his people out of Egypt because they believed in him enough to follow. Remain loyal, the story goes, things will go well.

Loyalty

Loyalty McCombs Ethics Follow-up

Leadership Digital

Why Organizations Forget What They Learn from Failures

Loyalty to a Leader Is Overrated, Even Dangerous

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