How the World's Top CEOs Rethink Failure with Harvard’s Amy C. Edmondson

META PERFORMANCE SHOW | What if failure wasn’t a liability, but your team’s greatest strategic advantage?

Top leaders aren’t just managing performance. They’re building cultures that learn through failure faster than anyone else.

In this episode of Beyond High Performance, Novus Global CEO Jason Jaggard sits down with Amy C. Edmondson, Harvard Business School’s Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, author of Right Kind of Wrong, and pioneer of psychological safety.

From Fortune 50 boardrooms to cutting-edge startups, Amy’s work has reshaped how elite organizations navigate complexity, accelerate learning, and lead with trust under pressure.

This isn’t theory. It’s the mindset and framework behind the world’s most adaptive, high-performing teams.

What You’ll Learn
 ✔ The difference between mistakes, failures, and violations, and why top leaders treat them differently
 ✔ Why elite teams talk about failure more and outperform because of it
 ✔ How to build psychological safety without lowering the bar
 ✔ Systems-thinking insights from Buckminster Fuller that elevate modern leadership
 ✔ Why curiosity isn’t optional—it’s your next strategic advantage

If you’re scaling a company, leading global talent, or redefining your industry, this episode will challenge how you lead and unlock performance others can’t see.

Listen now and learn how the best turn failure into fuel, and why you should too.

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