The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth

A colleague recommended it, and wow, what a read—such insight. I understand the topic of psychological safety so much better. The examples show much of what is right and wrong about business and work-life today in the 21st century—an essential read for all managers and business owners.

After seeing Amy Edmondson speak live earlier this year, I finally got around to reading this. I loved this more nuanced exploration of what psychological safety is and isn't, that it isn't a single silver bullet, and exactly how it plays A role, rather than THE role, in organisational success. A terrific 4 star read.

Easy read and well constructed. I would like to see a version specifically for medical professionals. I would like to understand a bit more about the "how".

A really fascinating book and an important read to understand how to engage staff in a positive and inclusive way. I recommend this for any people leading and managing teams as a way to create a space to get genuine feedback and make employees opinions feel valued.

An extremely well-researched book, I felt it was missing some pragmatic tools and techniques for a practitioner to implement into the workforce

Essential reading for any organisation serious about building diverse teams in order to innovate for a wonderfully diverse world.

I am an owner of a company, and school principal, and wanted to learn more about organisational psychology, and to understand HR better than I do. It's an easily read book, and the author develops and maintains interest is through reference to real life examples of workplace and corporate practice in the vein of 'The Innovator's Dilemma''. It's not one of those 'Can't put down' books (which, along with being a little repetitive, is why I gave it 4 stars not 5), but for a layperson, not formally read in psychology, and interested in either making your company work, or understanding the toxic environment you may be working in (read bullying), then this is certainly a very worthwhile read.

I work in an organisation that thinks it values everyone, and aims to have an open and honest culture, but there's variability in how that gets implemented and there are still knee-jerk threats made about "if anyone does that again, they'll be..." So even in a relatively mature organisation with a generally good safety culture, and good intentions, there is still lots for each individual to understand about the impacts and implications of what they say and do. I'm lucky in that at least my organisation and industry know where they ought to be heading, there are others where the philosophy in this book will be completely eye-opening. Read it, use it and share it.

Voulant prouver, lors de sa thèse universitaire, qu'il y avait une corrélation étroite entre la qualité du management et le faible nombre d'erreurs répertoriés dans les services hospitaliers, Amy Emondson s'est rendu compte que les résultats de son étude donnait les résultats inverses que ceux qu'elle croyait trouver. Surprise par ce résultat, elle approfondit son étude et s'est rendu compte que dans les services où le management était moins bon, indiquer que l'on avait fait une erreur signifiait prendre le risque d'être mal jugé, voire licencié. D'où le très faible niveau de recensement des erreurs. De là est né ce concept de sécurité psychologique comme condition essentielle d'une dynamique de progrès dans le fonctionnement collectif. Elle définit cette notion de la façon suivante : - L’assurance que l’équipe ne recevra pas mal, ni ne rejettera ou punira, la prise de parole de chacun de ses membres - Un climat caractérisé par la confiance interpersonnelle et le respect mutuel, dans lequel chacun se sent à l’aise d’être pleinement lui-même. Mais aussi comme la capacité à considérer l'erreur ou l'échec comme une source de progrès pour peu qu'on puisse en tirer les leçons. Ce livre très axé sur la description de manière de faire d'entreprises réputées pour leur management (Pixar, Bridgewater, Eileen Fischer, ...) offre de nombreuses pistes pratiques pour installer une culture propice à la sécurité psychologique et met l'accent sur la nécessité d'allier à la sécurité psychologique l'exigence si l'on obtenir des résultats durablement positifs. La lecture de ce livre facile à lire est à recommander à tous ceux qui se soucient d'améliorer l'efficacité collective de leur équipe/entreprise.

Highly recommend reading this also with your team. This book is about how to build intentionally psychological safety within your team and get the benefit that will blow your organization into the next level. Learn from so many cases that successfully adopt this and which one who failed so badly. Her insight sparks me to be brave to speak up and more intentionally listen - go down - to others. Thank you for this book.

great read with many real cases from different industries, companies, organizations; enjoyed every page and learned many practical ideas.

There's a wealth of information in this book. It's Amy Edmondson after all. The book is very well structured and is a holy grail for anyone wanting to deep dive into the subject of psych safety.

This book offers many practical insights and tips on creating effective psychological safety at work.