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        • 29 Jan 2018
        • Book
        • Working Knowledge

        How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster

        by Amy C. Edmondson
        Teams composed of people from across expertise areas can create solutions beyond what any one agency can deliver, says Amy Edmondson. Just ask several dozen Chilean workers rescued from a mine collapse.
        • 24 Sep 2014
        • Op-Ed
        • Working Knowledge

        Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change

        by Amy C. Edmondson
        Often depicted as greedy and shortsighted, business leaders face a crucial opportunity on the issue of climate change to change that perception, says Amy Edmondson.
        • 22 Aug 2005
        • Research & Ideas
        • Working Knowledge

        The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

        by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
        We all should learn from failure—but it's difficult to do so objectively. In this excerpt from "Failing to Learn and Learning to Fail (Intelligently)" in Long Range Planning Journal, HBS professor Amy Edmondson and coauthor Mark Cannon offer a process for analyzing what went wrong.
        • 29 Mar 2011
        • Working Paper Summaries
        • Working Knowledge

        Risky Trust: How Multi-entity Teams Develop Trust in a High Risk Endeavor

        by Faaiza Rashid & Amy C. Edmondson
        ...construction project, HBS doctoral candidate Faaiza Rashid and professor Amy C. Edmondson explore the concept of "risky trust," and examine how colleagues can learn to trust each other in the midst of high-risk work situations. Key concepts include: Trusting the intentions and competence of other team...
        • 06 Oct 2010
        • Working Paper Summaries
        • Working Knowledge

        Using What We Know: Turning Organizational Knowledge into Team Performance

        by Bradley R. Staats, Melissa A. Valentine & Amy C. Edmondson
        Looking at large-scale, objective data from Indian software developer Wipro, researchers Bradley R. Staats, Melissa A. Valentine, and Amy C. Edmondson found that team use of an organization's captured knowledge enhanced productivity, especially for teams that were geographically diverse, relatively low...
        • 26 Aug 2016
        • Working Paper Summaries
        • Working Knowledge

        Unpacking Team Diversity: An Integrative Multi-Level Model of Cross-Boundary Teaming

        by Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey
        In a growing number of cases, cross-boundary teams span organizational boundaries, not just functional ones. This paper explores how newly formed temporary groups may be able to develop rapidly into high-performance teams. The authors integrate research streams on team...
        • 08 Dec 2006
        • Working Paper Summaries
        • Working Knowledge

        When Learning and Performance are at Odds: Confronting the Tension

        by Sara J. Singer & Amy C. Edmondson
        While most people agree that learning leads to improved performance, there are several ways in which learning and performance in organizations can be at odds. First, when organizations take on a new learning challenge, performance often suffers in the short term,...
        • 08 Feb 2012
        • Working Paper Summaries
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        Team Scaffolds: How Minimal In-Group Structures Support Fast-Paced Teaming

        by Melissa A. Valentine & Amy C. Edmondson
        It is increasingly necessary for 24/7 shift operations to include some component of team-based work. But how can organizations support such work among constantly changing groups of people in a setting where stable teams are not feasible? This research investigates an...
        • 27 Dec 2018
        • Working Paper Summaries
        • Working Knowledge

        Team Learning Capabilities: A Meso Model of Sustained Innovation and Superior Firm Performance

        by Jean-François Harvey, Henrik Bresman, and Amy C. Edmondson
        In strategic management research, the dynamic capabilities framework enables a “helicopter view” of how firms achieve sustainable competitive advantage. This paper focuses on the critical role of work teams, arguing that managers must leverage the knowledge generated...
        • 05 Jul 2006
        • Working Paper Summaries
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        Failing to Learn and Learning to Fail (Intelligently): How Great Organizations Put Failure to Work to Improve and Innovate

        by Mark D. Cannon & Amy C. Edmondson
        Successful companies see failure as a part of the innovative process, but there are social (organizational) and technical (skill-based) reasons why it is difficult to turn failures into learning opportunities. First, executives need to develop the skills to probe...
        • 09 Feb 2011
        • Working Paper Summaries
        • Working Knowledge

        Sustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future?

        by Annissa Alusi, Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson & Tiona Zuzul
        ...the idea of "ecocities" —urban communities ideally designed around the idea of environmental sustainability. This paper explores the idea by looking at several ecocities in progress in China, Abu Dhabi, South Korea, Finland, and Portugal. Research by professors Robert G. Eccles and Amy C.
        • 22 Sep 2011
        • Working Paper Summaries
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        Measuring Teamwork in Health Care Settings: A Review of Survey Instruments

        by Melissa A. Valentine, Ingrid M. Nembhard & Amy C. Edmondson
        Nembhard, and Edmondson report the results of their systematic review of survey instruments that have been used to measure teamwork in various contexts. Their research helps to identify existing teamwork scales that may be most useful in testing theoretical models. Key concepts include: Researchers often...
        • 05 Jul 2006
        • Working Paper Summaries
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        Implementing New Practices: An Empirical Study of Organizational Learning in Hospital Intensive Care Units

        by Anita L. Tucker, Ingrid M. Nembhard & Amy C. Edmondson
        How do hospital units, as complex service organizations, successfully implement best practices? Practices involve people and knowledge; people must apply knowledge to particular situations, so changing practices requires changing behavior. This study is a starting...
        • 02 Aug 2012
        • Working Paper Summaries
        • Working Knowledge

        The Rich Get Richer: Enabling Conditions for Knowledge Use in Organizational Work Teams

        by Melissa A. Valentine, Bradley R. Staats & Amy C. Edmondson
        Individuals on the periphery of organizational knowledge-sharing networks, due to inexperience, location, or lack of social capital, may struggle to access useful knowledge at work. An electronic knowledge repository (KR) offers a practical solution to the challenges...
        • 11 Dec 2006
        • Working Paper Summaries
        • Working Knowledge

        Three Perspectives on Team Learning: Outcome Improvement, Task Mastery, and Group Process

        by Amy C. Edmondson, James R. Dillon & Kathryn S. Roloff
        ...learning from three areas of research: outcome improvement, task mastery, and group process. Overall, Edmondson and coauthors characterize the nature of research to date and assemble what is known and unknown about the theoretically and practically important topic of team learning. Key concepts include:...
        • 26 Nov 2018
        • Book
        • Working Knowledge

        Make Your Employees Feel Psychologically Safe

        by Martha Lagace
        To do their best work, people need to feel secure and safe in their workplace. In a new book, Amy C. Edmondson details how companies can develop psychological safety.
        • 25 Apr 2012
        • Research & Ideas
        • Working Knowledge

        The Importance of Teaming

        Re: Amy C. Edmondson
        Managers need to stop thinking of teams as static groups of individuals who have ample time to practice interacting successfully and efficiently, says Amy Edmondson in her new book, Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy.
        • 27 May 2015
        • Research & Ideas
        • Working Knowledge

        Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams

        by Roberta Holland
        Many critical tasks are performed by teams created on the fly, but lack of stability can hinder their performance. Amy Edmondson and Melissa Valentine use the idea of scaffolds to produce greater collaboration and efficiency on temporary teams.
        • 04 May 2017
        • Cold Call Podcast
        • Working Knowledge

        Leading a Team to the Top of Mount Everest

        Re: Amy C. Edmondson
        In a podcast, Amy Edmondson describes how students learn about team communication and decision making by making a simulated climb up Mount Everest.
        • 06 May 2019
        • Research & Ideas
        • Working Knowledge

        Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?

        by Danielle Kost
        Millions of people have been harmed by cigarettes, defective merchandise, pollution, addiction and other business by-products. now, pioneering companies are exploring healthier ways to operate, say Amy C. Edmondson and Dr. Howard K. Koh.
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