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Sep 2023
32m 14s

Failing Well with professor of leadershi...

SIMON SINEK
About this episode

Failure is the secret to success. Our failures are agents of inspiration, iteration, and innovation.  

Dr. Amy Edmondson is the Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School and her newest book "Right Kind of Wrong" is all about how we can change our relationship with failures and start “failing well.”  

This is…A Bit of Optimism.

For more on Dr. Amy Edmondson and her work check out:

https://www.amazon.com/Right-Kind-Wrong-Science-Failing/dp/1982195061

https://amycedmondson.com/

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6451

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amycedmondson/

https://twitter.com/AmyCEdmondson

https://www.instagram.com/amycedmondson/

 

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