by Amy Edmondson - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

questions and concerns. Placing value only on getting things right the first time, organizations are unable to take the risks necessary to improve and evolve. By contrast, firms that put a premium on what View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

returning from training will not be able to be more effective unless the system enables them to apply their learning,” Beer says. “So, efforts to change the system must come first.” PREPARING THE SOIL How do you prepare the soil, as Amy... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

03 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

Judging by the most-read articles and faculty working papers over the last year, our readers continue to be fascinated by the emergence of social networks and their potential impacts on business and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

30 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2013

Christensen. It's time for companies to look at products the way customers do: as a way to get a job done. Is Your iPhone Turning You Into a Wimp? The body posture inherent in operating everyday gadgets affects not only your back, but your behavior. According to a new... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

02 Aug 2007
What Do You Think?

How Will Millennials Manage?

their leaders for the coming years." Generational differences related to the development of millennials comprise, according to Muder Chiba, "a global phenomenon." Amy Lynch concurred, saying, "When I talk with... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

15 Dec 2021
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2021

if employees have the psychological safety to reflect on these close calls, says research by Amy C. Edmondson, Olivia Jung, and colleagues. 5. How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

14 Mar 2021
News

Podcast: What do we really learn from failure?

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

when life goes back to normal. Forward-thinking leaders can run better organizations by creating conditions that allow customers to be more helpful. When service provision is a true partnership and customers are pitching in, employees... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

29 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Research Symposium 2014

research going on at Harvard Business School. Held each May on the HBS campus, the event provides the opportunity for a few faculty to share recent work with an audience of doctoral students, HBS staff members, and other professors. This year's featured speakers... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Accounting; Health

14 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: February 14

Authors:Abraham Carmeli, Asher Tishler, and Amy C. Edmondson Publication:Strategic Organization 10, no. 1 (February 2012) Abstract In this study, we examine a complex pathway through which CEOs, who exhibit... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

24 Sep 2014
News

Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change

17 Jun 2015
News

Excellence Comes From Saying No

06 Jul 2016
News

Who could fill the Brexit leadership vacuum?

26 Feb 2014
News

Embracing Intelligent Failure

01 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

that lives and dies by its ideas." Edmondson says this reluctance to speak up stems variously from fears that superiors will not like the idea or that it may appear to criticize the status quo, which... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

16 Dec 2015
News

4 Habits That Will Make You Feel More Confident

03 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

2017 Emerald Group Publishing Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex, Cross-Sector Leadership By: Edmondson, Amy C., and Jean-François Harvey Abstract—Today's global enterprises increasingly involve collaborative work View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories 2007

shuttle disaster, for starters. Here's how leaders can encourage all points of view. Are Great Teams Less Productive? While studying teamwork, Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson chanced upon a... View Details