The Psychology Podcast Failing Well w/ Amy Edmondson
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Feb 29, 2024 
Explore the importance of failing well and taking smart risks to embrace failure for growth and success. Learn about fostering psychological safety in the workplace, overcoming victim mentality, and navigating privilege in professional settings. Delve into creating a culture that values failure as a learning opportunity and the impact of social media on our perception of success.
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Take Smart Risks As Experiments
- Take more smart risks and treat actions as experiments with hypotheses, not guaranteed plans.
- Expect many to fail and learn; if everything always works, you are not taking enough risks.
Psychological Safety Is Learning's Bedrock
- Psychological safety is the belief your context is safe for interpersonal risks like speaking up about mistakes.
- Without it teams cannot learn from errors or ask for help, blocking organizational learning.
Voice Dissent As Inquiry, Not Attack
- When you doubt a program (e.g., DEI), pause, examine evidence, and present concerns as a desire to learn, not as dismissal.
- Frame dissent as curiosity: explain why you think differently and invite dialogue to test assumptions.