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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 ”. Amy says that if you are not regularly failing intelligently, you may not be operating at your full potential.

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First Look: Leadership Books for September 2023

Leading Blog

Edmondson We used to think of failure as the opposite of success. After decades of award-winning research, Amy Edmondson is here to upend our understanding of failure and make it work for us. In Right Kind of Wrong , Edmondson provides the framework to think, discuss, and practice failure wisely.

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3 Functions Within Life Cycles of an Organization

Ron Edmondson

Maintainers Maintaining involves setting up and managing systems in an effort to continue the progress usually begun by others. But on successful teams, all three are operating together within a life cycle. The post 3 Functions Within Life Cycles of an Organization appeared first on Ron Edmondson.

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The Leadership Response To Coronavirus

The Horizons Tracker

Travel has been disrupted, tourism has shriveled, healthcare systems have come under intense strain, and factory output has withered. Those still working on site are often arguably under even greater strain, whether those in our hospitals and health systems, or those in our food and retail supply chains. Tackle the climate of fear.

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Life Cycles of an Organization: And the Team That Leads Them

Ron Edmondson

Maintaining involves setting up and managing systems in an effort to continue the progress usually begun by others. But on successful teams, all three are operating together within a life cycle. The post Life Cycles of an Organization: And the Team That Leads Them appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Maintainers.

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10 Times You Don’t Need a Leader

Ron Edmondson

The other person was an operation manager. You don’t need a leader to manage current systems. The post 10 Times You Don’t Need a Leader appeared first on Ron Edmondson. (This position was in the business world – not the ministry world.) I would have basically ran a company for owners who were retiring.

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Connecting with our Community…Partnering with our Schools

Ron Edmondson

The largest project, and the one that draws the most attention, is our annual Operation Serve held each fall where hundreds of volunteers serve in a one (sometimes two) day blitz of community needs. Our community, like many others nationwide, have experienced struggles adequately funding school systems.