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  • November 2006
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Facing Ambiguous Threats

By: Michael A. Roberto, Richard M.J. Bohmer and Amy C. Edmondson
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Roberto, Michael A., Richard M.J. Bohmer, and Amy C. Edmondson. "Facing Ambiguous Threats." Harvard Business Review 84, no. 11 (November 2006).
  • 2005
  • Chapter

The Recovery Window: Organizational Learning Following Ambiguous Threats

By: A. Edmondson, Erika Ferlins, Laura Feldman and Richard Bohmer
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Risk and Uncertainty; Opportunities
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Edmondson, A., Erika Ferlins, Laura Feldman, and Richard Bohmer. "The Recovery Window: Organizational Learning Following Ambiguous Threats." In Organization at the Limit: Lessons from the Columbia Disaster, edited by M. Farjoun and W. Starbuck, 220–245. Blackwell Publishing, 2005.
  • 2005
  • Class Lecture

Organizational Learning in the Face of Ambiguous Threats

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Michael A. Roberto and Richard M.J. Bohmer
Keywords: Learning; Risk and Uncertainty; Crisis Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams
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Edmondson, Amy C., Michael A. Roberto, and Richard M.J. Bohmer. "Organizational Learning in the Face of Ambiguous Threats." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2005. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 9297C.)
  • July 2005
  • Class Lecture

Organizational Learning in the Face of Ambiguous Threats

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Amy C. Edmondson and Michael Roberto
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation
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Bohmer, Richard M.J., Amy C. Edmondson, and Michael Roberto. "Organizational Learning in the Face of Ambiguous Threats." Harvard Business School Class Lecture 605-093, July 2005.
  • 2004
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The Recovery Window: Organizational Learning Following Ambiguous Threats in High-Risk Organizations

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Michael A. Roberto, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Erika M. Ferlins and Laura R. Feldman
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Edmondson, Amy C., Michael A. Roberto, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Erika M. Ferlins, and Laura R. Feldman. "The Recovery Window: Organizational Learning Following Ambiguous Threats in High-Risk Organizations." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 05-012, August 2004.
  • 01 Mar 2005
  • News

Facing Ambiguity

were later cited as the cause of the disaster.) NASA’s experience offers a lesson to managers in other areas, suggests Edmondson, who, with her coauthors, came up with the concept of the “recovery window,” or the time in which an organization can respond to an View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Space Research and Technology; Government
  • May 2012
  • Case

Columbia's Final Mission (Abridged) (A)

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Kerry Herman
This case documents decision-making processes, organizational culture, and other contributors to NASA's failed Columbia mission in 2003. Addresses the question of how organizations should deal with "ambiguous threats" - weak signals of potential crisis - and explores... View Details
Keywords: Cognitive Biases; Teams; Organizational Learning; Ambiguous Threat; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Decision Making; Failure; Crisis Management; Aerospace Industry
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Edmondson, Amy C., and Kerry Herman. "Columbia's Final Mission (Abridged) (A)." Harvard Business School Case 612-095, May 2012.
  • May 2012
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Columbia's Final Mission (Abridged) (B)

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Kerry Herman
Keywords: Cognitive Biases; Teams; Organizational Learning; Ambiguous Threat; Risk and Uncertainty; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Corporate Disclosure; Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Public Administration Industry; Aerospace Industry
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Edmondson, Amy C., and Kerry Herman. "Columbia's Final Mission (Abridged) (B) ." Harvard Business School Supplement 612-096, May 2012.
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Professor Hiatt’s research is aimed at discovering how institutional factors can affect sector growth and technology development and adoption by mediating and moderating uncertainty. His work encompasses two related research questions:

1) How can... View Details

    Policy versus Practice: Conceptions of Artificial Intelligence

    The recent growth of concern around issues such as social biases implicit in algorithms, economic impacts of artificial intelligence (AI), or potential existential threats posed... View Details

    • 14 Feb 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    A Strategy For Steady Leadership in an Unsteady World

    The world’s uncertainties can feel like a tsunami washing over your business.  Bill George recommends navigating with a compass pointing to your own True North. Source: iStock With the events of 2016—Brexit, the election of Donald Trump, View Details
    Keywords: by Bill George
    • 14 Nov 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: November 14, 2006

    through 1992. Facing Ambiguous Threats Authors:Michael A.Roberto, Richard M.J. Bohmer, and Amy C. Edmondson. Periodical:Harvard Business Review 84, no. 11 (November 2006) Abstract On February 1, 2003, the... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 03 May 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: May 3

    article: http://hbr.org/2011/05/managing-yourself-extreme-productivity/ar/1   Working PapersSustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future? Authors:Annissa Alusi, Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson, and Tiona Zuzul Abstract Two trends are likely to define the... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 11 Jul 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: July 11, 2006

    sharper national identities. The interwar disintegration of the international economy also led to the national subsidiaries of multinationals taking on strong local identities. Over the past two decades, as the pace of globalization quickened, View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 06 Jun 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

    incorporating some aspects of the open source development model, or else be ready to exit. In fact, the model suggests ways in which the likelihood of OSS winning out can be minimized (see below). If, to the contrary, OSS turns out not to be a View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
    • 01 Jun 2023
    • News

    Alumni and Faculty Books

    the China business as part of a global portfolio, under a range of geopolitical scenarios. The Imperfectionists: Strategic Mindsets for Uncertain Times By Robert McLean and Charles Conn (MBA 1990) Wiley The world is changing faster and faster, with increasing... View Details
    Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
    • 01 Sep 2017
    • News

    History’s Lessons

    individuals who can and want to embrace the disruption, who understand how to thrive in ambiguity and respond quickly to its unforeseen challenges. These aspects, the leader realized, depend more heavily on an individual’s temperament and... View Details
    Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Ernest Shackelford; Rachel Carson
    • 21 Jul 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: July 21

    Mortgage Backed Security (CMBS) Loan, which involves multiple parties, ambiguous relationships, and bifurcated responsibilities. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209154 Cincinnati Children's... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 26 Oct 2009
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    The New Deal: Negotiauctions

    perfectly pinned down, which creates both opportunities and challenges. Sophisticated dealmakers are able to take advantage of the ambiguity to shape the game to their advantage. Q: How do sophisticated dealmakers shape the game to their... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna
    • 01 Feb 1998
    • News

    Running Up the Score

    Sports in America have always had a magical, transcendent allure. Life may be ambiguous but slam dunks and touchdown passes create their own heroic reality and final truth at game's end. Sports are a bond that brings entire communities... View Details
    Keywords: Garry Emmons
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