Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well

 
　　哈佛領導力與管理學教授艾美‧艾德蒙森備受肯定的研究指出：「心理安全感」(psychological safety)是釋放員工潛能、驅動組織創新的關鍵要素。延續前作《心理安全感的力量》，新書將進一步闡述什麼是《正確的錯誤：失敗的科學》(Right Kind of Wrong：The Science of Failing)。
 
　　有崇高目標的失敗對創新和成長至關重要，但企業和個人往往極力規避失敗所要付出的代價，保守遲疑而錯失良機；抑或顯得過於魯莽，累積許多不必要的錯誤，得不償失。前述兩種情況都錯失了「fail well」的機會，只有經過明智判斷的「正確的錯誤」(Right Kind of Wrong)才能達到最大效益，但如何執行「正確的失敗」？
 
　　這本書好比商管學院的一門大師課，傾囊相授實踐的竅門。整理商業、流行文化、歷史等各領域大量的真實案例，歸納出明智的思考框架，提出失敗的策略。鼓勵個人和組織調整技能和心態，擁抱好奇、行動和成長的機會，以特定的方式掌控風險，勇往直前實踐可能的失敗，在適度的冒險中覓得創新的成功路徑，是追求卓越的領導者必讀之作。(文/博客來編譯)

　　We used to think of failure as the opposite of success. Now, we’re often torn between two “failure cultures”: one that says to avoid failure at all costs, the other that says fail fast, fail often. The trouble is that both approaches lack the crucial distinctions to help us separate good failure from bad. As a result, we miss the opportunity to fail well.

　　After decades of award-winning research, Amy Edmondson is here to upend our understanding of failure and make it work for us. In Right Kind of Wrong, Edmondson provides the framework to think, discuss, and practice failure wisely. Outlining the three archetypes of failure—simple, complex, and intelligent—Amy showcases how to minimize unproductive failure while maximizing what we gain from flubs of all stripes. She illustrates how we and our organizations can embrace our human fallibility, learn exactly when failure is our friend, and prevent most of it when it is not. This is the key to pursuing smart risks and preventing avoidable harm.

　　With vivid, real-life stories from business, pop culture, history, and more, Edmondson gives us specifically tailored practices, skills, and mindsets to help us replace shame and blame with curiosity, vulnerability, and personal growth. You’ll never look at failure the same way again.

　　Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, renowned for her research on psychological safety over twenty years. Her award-winning work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Psychology Today, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, and more. Named by Thinkers50 in 2021 as the #1 Management Thinker in the world, Edmondson’s Ted Talk “How to Turn a Group of Strangers into a Team” has been viewed over three million times. She received her PhD, AM, and AB from Harvard University. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is the author of Right Kind of Wrong, The Fearless Organization, and Teaming.

　　哈佛商學院的諾華領導力與管理學教授(Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management)艾美‧艾德蒙森 (Amy C. Edmondson)，近十年因名列「Thinkers50」兩年評選一次的全球管理思想家排行榜而受到矚目，並在2021年獲選為Thinkers50第一名。著作有《心理安全感的力量》(The Fearless Organization)和《組隊合作：組織如何在知識經濟中學習、創新與競爭》(Teaming)等。