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A Harvard Business School professor discusses how to get good at “intelligent failure.”

Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School. Her latest book is called the Right Kind of Wrong. Her research examines psychological safety and teaming within and between organizations.

In this episode we talk about:

The problems of shame, perfectionism, and social media
How not to get caught up in analysis paralysis
The importance of self-compassion and a growth mindset
The benefits of worrying with someone else
Why redundancy is your friend
How to discuss failure without assigning blame
Why accepting your smallness can be freeing
Taking the time to learn from failure
The cognitive framework: stop, challenge, and choose
How to have a healthier relationships with anxiety and failure
Creating a culture of psychological safety
Recognizing that not everybody in society has the same permission to take risks

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