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What Makes a Failure Intelligent

QAspire

Failures in new territories that pave the way for eventual success are what Amy Edmondson describes as “Intelligent Failures” in her newly released book “ The Right Kind of Wrong – The Science of Failing Well ”. While I am still reading the book, the amount of insight and stories that Amy Edmondson has captured in this book is so enriching.

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The Fearless Organization

Leading Blog

Creating psychological safety is essential in a world where innovation, integrity, and renewal can make the difference between success and failure. In The Fearless Organization , Amy Edmondson explains what psychological safety is and what it isn’t and how we can create in our organizations. Responding Productively.

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How to Use Intelligent Failure and Controlled Chaos to Strengthen Agility Ability

The Practical Leader

In his article on “Crafting Strategy,” McGill University professor and management author, Henry Mintzberg, provides a good example of innovation and organizational learning in high-performing, agile organizations: “Out in the field, a salesman visits a customer. A new product emerges, which eventually opens up a new market.

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7 Ways to Encourage a Team to Be More Innovative

Ron Edmondson

Most leaders want to lead an innovative organization. But as leaders, we can’t force innovation. We can’t mandate our people to be innovative. We can’t mandate our people to be innovative. And the longer people haven’t been innovative, the the more difficult it is to get them innovating again.

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Invent Now – Tweak Later

Ron Edmondson

Apparently, it takes time for innovation to ultimately find it’s true destination. We should not be afraid of small doses of innovation. Beginning something new doesn’t mean you have to have the finished, perfectly polished product in place when you begin. We often need a fresh dose of innovation. I love that.

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7 Easy Ways to Encourage Innovation on Your Team

Ron Edmondson

Most leaders want to lead an innovative organization. As leaders, we can’t force innovation. We can’t mandate innovative people. And, if our people haven’t been innovative in a while, then there may not be much innovation going on in our world. Great innovation comes from the gut.

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How Leaders Create Effective Teams

Coaching Tip

Teaming also benefits an organization by allowing people to combine their knowledge to create new products or implement new procedures. Imagine all of this work occurring in iterative, self-regulating cycles of improvement and innovation that guarantee organizational success. Trust is Essential. Source: Amy C.

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