Listen "Author Amy Edmondson on ‘intelligent failure’"
Episode Synopsis
Every year, the Financial Times selects the most outstanding business book of the year. For 2023, the top pick is a book about failure. The FT’s senior business writer Andrew Hill sits down with the winner, Amy Edmondson, the author of Right Kind of Wrong and “the world’s most influential organisational psychologist”. Edmondson’s book explores the value in failure, what we can learn from it and what’s wrong with Silicon Valley’s “fail fast, fail often” mantra.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For further reading and listening:Working It podcast: What was the best business book of 2023?Psychological safety: the art of encouraging teams to be openFT and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2023- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - On X, follow Andrew Hill (@andrewtghill) and Michela Tindera (@mtindera07), or follow Michela on LinkedIn for updates about the show and more.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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