In a world that often glorifies success while shunning failure, Amy Edmondson’s work invites readers to reconsider their relationship with mistakes. Drawing on extensive research into organizational behavior and psychological safety, the book unpacks why learning to fail — and doing so intelligently — is not just inevitable but essential for personal growth, organizational innovation, and thriving in complex environments. Edmondson demonstrates that the ability to distinguish between different types of failure, and to learn from them, is a hallmark of resilient individuals and successful organizations.

• Failure is not monolithic: Not all...
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