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Teams and Thinking Style

Coaching Tip

When managed well, cognitive diversity has been proven to pay off,” Herrmann-Nehdi says. “A The new white paper, Are Teams Broken? Edmondson: Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy Chris Grivas: The Innovative Team: Unleashing Creative Potential for Breakthrough Results.

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When We Learn From Failure (and When We Don’t)

Harvard Business Review

So how can managers encourage learning when it’s difficult to pinpoint responsibility? “Managers could also think carefully about the role of job design – such as the scope of responsibilities and reporting structures – to craft jobs that don’t have ambiguity ‘blind spots’ built in,” he says. .