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The Fearless Organization
- Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth
- Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The Fearless Organization offers practical guidance for teams and organizations who are serious about success in the modern economy. With so much riding on innovation, creativity, and spark, it is essential to attract and retain quality talent - but what good does this talent do if no one is able to speak their mind? The traditional culture of "fitting in" and "going along" spells doom in the knowledge economy. Success requires a continuous influx of new ideas, new challenges, and critical thought, and the interpersonal climate must not suppress, silence, ridicule, or intimidate.
Not every idea is good, and yes, there are stupid questions, and yes, dissent can slow things down, but talking through these things is an essential part of the creative process. People must be allowed to voice half-finished thoughts, ask questions from left field, and brainstorm out loud; it creates a culture in which a minor flub or momentary lapse is no big deal and where actual mistakes are owned and corrected, and where the next left-field idea could be the next big thing.
This audiobook explores this culture of psychological safety and provides a blueprint for bringing it to life. The road is sometimes bumpy, but succinct and informative scenario-based explanations provide a clear path forward to constant learning and healthy innovation.
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- Kevin
- 2023-08-22
Great stories, a bit repetitive
The stories are remarkable. But they are reiterating the same point over and over. In my opinion it could have been cut in half and still delivered the same message. But the message itself is solid
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-03-02
Great content, lots of examples.
Great content, lots of examples. Lengthy at times but overall very good. This is a great inspiration for improving workplace culture and ambiance.
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- Ashley Hoogenberg
- 2019-08-04
A must read for leaders at all levels!!!
Loved it! Comprehensive. Great flow. Practical. Several take-aways. Easy to digest. Loved the leadership assessment and tangible ways to build and nurture PS workplaces.
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- DG
- 2020-01-27
The Foundation for Organizational Transformation
I have read several transformation books from Radical Candor to Humble Inquiry including several books by the Heath brothers and I have found all of these to be invaluable to transformation. That said, 'The Fearless Organization' is 'Mindset' (Carol Dweck) for the team/enterprise-at-large.
I truly feel as though this is the definitive'must-read' for any executive officer and/or team engaged in organizational transformation.
Amy Edmondson marries data with vulnerability in a way rarely achieved. She arms you with a panoply of techniques to give voice to the voiceless masses while gently dismissing the notion that transformation is either'mushy' and/or too slow and unrealistic. The example of the transformation in the South African mine was a really strong example of a commitment to transform an entire organization in a a very 'fixed mindset' industry.
I cannot recommend this book enough to any transformation evangelist.
Regards,
DG
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- naji n shakir
- 2019-07-23
hard to follow in audio
and if I hear psychological safety one more time I'm going to lose it.... I must of heard it over 300 times in the first two chapters
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- LINDA BEAUTY MARKS
- 2019-06-21
My Take Away For The Fearless Organization
The message was very clear about unbridled, transparent feedback.
I didn’t like hearing the phrase repeatedly to nauseam “Organizational Safety”.
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- Wayne Pepper
- 2021-09-30
Good ideas, lots of words
I think the contents of this book are extremely valuable and something that any leader should be paying attention to. Unfortunately this writer takes a long time to lay out her case and includes many stories which do illuminate the points but at the same time make it a very long road to get to her recommendations. I wish she would have had spent more time outlining the specific steps to take and the hurdles that one might encounter as opposed to spending so much time upfront. Otherwise a good and valuable listen.
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- Agnius101
- 2019-10-15
Good one, worth listening
However, there were too much emphasis on psychological safety benefits and why it matters.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-06-10
Great book!
love how it provides a review of important points in conclusion of each chapter. Also hits on diversity and inclusion.
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- M. Goode
- 2020-03-14
A Must Listen!!
I am extremely happy that I chose this book. My job is predicated on great leadership and this book is a great tool to have in my kit moving forward!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-10-17
Good story with clear handles and examples
Clear and sensible theory on creating a work environment where people feel safe enough to learn and grow, both individually and at the overarching company level. For anyone who’s worked in teams of any size, there will be clear handles allowing you to enhance or at least reflect on past, current and hopefully future situations.
Narration was clear, lively and a nice 1.0x pace for me personally.
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- Southard
- 2022-11-03
Psycological safety is the path to a fearless org.
This author gave one of my favorite presentations during last year's Global Leadership Summit, so I was excited to pick up this book and learn about psychological safety. Our world has been filled with fear lately, and some of that fear is ingrained in our organizations. We fear speaking up when we have ideas or questions. Fear keeps us from being our best. The book is broken into three parts. In part one, Edmonson talks about the power of psychological safety – what is it, and how do you measure and observe it? She talks about how things are in our VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity) world and how having the safety to speak up and lead from a place of honesty, integrity, and vulnerability allows us to grow. In Part two, Edmonson discusses psychological safety at work. First, she gives case studies of companies that ended up causing big problems because they had cultures of low psychological safety – Volkswagen, Wells Fargo, FED, and Nokia. Each of these organizations failed to be safe and they ended up in big trouble. One contributing factor is dangerous silence – no one was ever fired for being silent. But silence and inaction lead to disasters like Chornobyl. So what is it like to have a fearless workplace? Edmonson gives the example of the cockpit communication and environment when Capt. Sully safely landed his A320 in the Hudson. The flight crew worked together to quickly analyze their limited options, to put the right person in control, and they saved 155 souls. Another good example is Pixar. By giving candid and tough feedback early in the filmmaking process, the team makes their movies great. In part three, Edmonson works through creating a fearless organization. She describes setting the stage for safety. Talking about it in our organizations, then inviting others to participate in the process. Getting real feedback sometimes takes asking better questions. And then leaders must, actually respond positively. They must thank people for bringing hard truths to light and they must do something about those hard truths like sanction violations and correct problems. Finally, Edmonson talks about how building safety takes a gradual approach. It doesn’t happen immediately. To build psychological safety leaders must always be improving and must lead by example.
This book is for leaders wanting to create better places to work for their people.
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- wijola
- 2022-02-21
Sometimes dense, great "how" and "why" answers
the placement of the pragmatic recommendations toward the end is probably necessary since it requires new context for otherwise familiar stories. it does put the reader at risk of dropping off, maybe because some of the nuances between case studies seem small enough that it starts to feel repetitive. stick around for the end though- it's worth it.
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- QuickBen
- 2021-03-11
Repetitive
If you played a drinking game and drunk a shot everytime the narrator says "psychological safety", you'd be in a coma way before the end of chapter 2. It's unbearable, if I hear "psychological safety" one more time I'll scream. Did not finish.
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