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The Fearless Organization

Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth

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The Fearless Organization

Written by: Amy C. Edmondson
Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
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The Fearless Organization offers practical guidance for teams and organizations who are serious about success in the modern economy. With so much riding on innovation, creativity, and spark, it is essential to attract and retain quality talent - but what good does this talent do if no one is able to speak their mind? The traditional culture of "fitting in" and "going along" spells doom in the knowledge economy. Success requires a continuous influx of new ideas, new challenges, and critical thought, and the interpersonal climate must not suppress, silence, ridicule, or intimidate.

Not every idea is good, and yes, there are stupid questions, and yes, dissent can slow things down, but talking through these things is an essential part of the creative process. People must be allowed to voice half-finished thoughts, ask questions from left field, and brainstorm out loud; it creates a culture in which a minor flub or momentary lapse is no big deal and where actual mistakes are owned and corrected, and where the next left-field idea could be the next big thing.

This audiobook explores this culture of psychological safety and provides a blueprint for bringing it to life. The road is sometimes bumpy, but succinct and informative scenario-based explanations provide a clear path forward to constant learning and healthy innovation.

©2019 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (P)2019 Gildan Media, LLC
Leadership Management Management & Leadership Occupational & Organisational Organisational Behaviour Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Workplace & Organisational Behaviour Innovation Culture
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Author explains very well the need and how it differentiates teams that have a physiological safety, courage to speak up and ability to try out new things and fail fast. It enables more engaging teams and winning people trust esp in Knowledge Industry where creativity and diverse perspectives matter for path breaking solutions.

Essential Read for setting up High Performing Team

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The author has clearly done a lot of research which has presented in the book. For me, Part 3 was most useful where application of psychological safety was discussed.

Good but could be shorter

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The book is an essential guide for a workplace which promotes meaningful contribution by all the members of the team.

Essential

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This is an amazing book which shows the guiding light for people in the entire organisation about how they should be receptive to feedback, encourage open communication and how it is important in today’s times to build two way communication to ensure that Innovation thrives. More relevant than ever in these times of tremendous change.

A fearless organisation empowers people and ensures that they have true, not with which to guide their decisions and address the challenges & opportunities that technology is offering us every day.

While various other attitudes and approaches can work in the short run, but for an organisation to really thrive for the long-term, fearless organisation is definitely the way forward.

Fearless is the way to go

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