First Friday Book Synopsis

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The Signal and the Noise, Nate Silver; Teaming, Amy Edmondson – Coming for the November First Friday Book Synopsis

First Friday Book Synopsis

We had a wonderful session this morning at the November, 2012 First Friday Book Synopsis. Karl Krayer presented his synopsis of the fable-free Patrick Lencioni book, The Advantage, which included valuable and practical counsel about one-page plans and meeting rhythms… A good and important book.

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Teaming: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Edmondson Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) Why and how the most valuable organizational learning occurs: through teams Amy Edmondson characterizes “teaming” as “teamwork on the fly.” Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy Amy C.

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Strategies for Learning from Failure

First Friday Book Synopsis

Edmondson for the Harvard Business Review blog. Here is an excerpt from an article written by Amy C. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * The wisdom of learning from failure is incontrovertible. Yet [.].