About this episode
Everyone makes mistakes. How do you learn from them? Lessons from the classroom, the Air Force, and the world’s deadliest infectious disease. RESOURCES: Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well , by Amy Edmondson (2023). " You Think Failure Is Hard? So Is Learning From It ," by Lauren Eskreis-Winkler and Ayelet Fishbach ( Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2022). " The Market for R&D Failures ," by Manuel Trajtenberg and Roy Shalem ( SSRN, 2010). " Performing a Project Pre mortem ," by Gary Klein ( Harvard Business Review, 2007). EXTRAS: “ How to Succeed at Failing ,” series by Freakonomics Radio (2023). " Moncef Slaoui: 'It’s Unfortunate That It Takes a Crisis for This to Happen ,'" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2020). SOURCES: Will Coleman , founder and C.E.O. of Alto. Amy Edmondson , professor of leadership management at Harvard Business School. Babak Javid , physician-scientist and associate director of the University of California, San Francisco Center for Tuberculosis. Gary Klein , cognitive psychologist and pioneer in the field of naturalistic decision making. Theresa MacPhail , medical anthropologist and associate professor of science & technology studies at the Stevens Institute of Technology. Roy Shalem , lecturer at Tel Aviv University. Samuel West , curator and founder of The Museum of Failure. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.