Amy Edmondson
Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, Author, American scholar of leadership, teaming, and organizational learning
Amy Edmondson is a renowned expert in teaming, team psychological safety (a term she coined), and organizational learning. Since 2011, she has consistently ranked among the top management thinkers in the biannual Thinkers50 global ranking, securing the #1 position in both 2021 and 2023. Her work has been published in leading academic and management journals, including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, and Harvard Business Review. Her book, The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth, has been translated into 15 languages and has had a profound impact on organizational culture. Her latest book, Right Kind of Wrong, extends her previous work on psychological safety and teaming, offering a framework for embracing failure as a pathway to success.
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Balloon represents a pivotal advancement in nurturing psychological safety within teams. Its platform not only facilitates structured collaboration and decision-making but also ingrains psychological safety as a fundamental aspect of the process. When your conversations take place in a psychologically safe environment, your team can cut through the noise and truly engage in open and honest dialogue. Balloon provides this foundation for unlocking your full potential and driving meaningful change by making individuals feel valued, respected, and safe enough to contribute their best work.
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Amy Edmondson: Teaming, Learning from Failure, and Psychological Safety
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Amy Edmondson, the leading voice in Psychological Safety and renowned expert in teaming and organizational learning, offers a comprehensive template series that builds on her groundbreaking works, The Fearless Organization and Right Kind of Wrong. Her templates equip leaders with essential tools to create higher-performing teams, learn from failure, and foster psychological safety. They provide crucial questions to drive actionable conversations on strategies for effective teaming, knowledge sharing, confronting biases, designing for change, assessing psychological safety, and more. By integrating these insights, leaders can drive innovation, create inclusive environments, and build stronger teams.