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Amy C. Edmondson

The Fearless Organization

Build a workplace where people speak up, take risks, and drive innovation—without fear.
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Psychological safety drives team performance more than talent – The Fearless Organization by Amy Edmondson reveals innovation's secret ingredient.

This comprehensive psychological safety summary and key takeaways show:

  • Safety Definition - Climate where people feel comfortable expressing and being themselves
  • Learning from Failure - Frame failures as learning opportunities to encourage risk-taking
  • Ask Good Questions - Leaders who ask create safer environments than those who tell
  • Model Fallibility - Admitting mistakes makes others comfortable sharing theirs


What most summaries miss: Edmondson's "Silence Spiral" shows how fear compounds into organizational blindness.

Your Click.Apply.Grow™ path: Admit one mistake publicly tomorrow. Ask for input. Reward truth-telling. Teams with psychological safety show 47% higher performance metrics.

Make it safe to fail.

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About the Author

Amy Edmondson is Harvard's psychological safety pioneer whose research transformed how Google, Pixar, and NASA build high-performing teams.

Novartis Professor at Harvard Business School for 25+ years, Edmondson coined "psychological safety," now essential for innovation culture. Her research influenced Google's Project Aristotle, proving psychological safety as #1 factor in team performance. Author of The Fearless Organization and Teaming. Thinkers50 #1 Management Thinker globally. Former chief engineer for Buckminster Fuller. Clients include Johnson & Johnson, Prudential, and European Central Bank.

Beyond the books: Edmondson's work prevented medical errors at 700+ hospitals through speaking-up culture.

Teams with high psychological safety show 47% higher performance and 64% more learning behaviors.

The professor who made it safe to fail in Fortune 500 boardrooms.

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