In general many good ideas.

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Very good read for anyone who works or leads in any size organization. The problem is teams, and other dynamic groups, dont learn naturally. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Doesn't provide quick fixes, but fixes that will pay off if you are willing to put the effort in. It could also be termed "informal collaboration on steroids." New breakthrough thinking in organizational learning,leadership, and change Continuous improvement, understanding complex systems, andpromoting innovation are all part of the landscape of learningchallenges today's companies face. Teaming is just the starting point. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. The problem is teams, and other dynamic groups, don't learn naturally. Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex, Cross-Sector Leadership Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. I can recommend the book, but one should keep in mind that the valuable insights come rather sparsely throughout reading. Forming teams is only one entity, changing a culture is so much bigger.

This was our choice for a leadership book club. Teaming is just the starting point. Probably very good start if you haven't read much in the topic area though. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Perhaps I should have read it when it was first released and then it would have had more impact.

She shows how leaders can control these factors by encouraging reflection, creating psychological safety, and overcoming defensive routines that inhibit the sharing of ideas, among others. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Whatever, the fact remains that human beings have been exchanging information at least since the discovery of caves as shelters. Quantity: It’s practical, but not easy. Based on years of research, this book shows how leaders can make organizational learning happen by building teams that learn.Novel forms of teamwork—created by rapid change and growing diversity among collaborators—are increasingly common, and they present substantial methodological challenges for research. This book can be really helpful if one is sincerely trying to improve as a team leader. Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate and Compete in the Knowledge Economy Amy Edmondson – Harvard Business School It's really about learning as we seek to execute strategies in increasingly complex environments and times. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.Something went wrong. Harvard professor Amy Edmondson shows how leaders can make organizational learning happen by building teams that learn. The extent to which teaming is spontaneous is determined by the extent to which it is allowed to be.

I teach organizations how to apply the Toyota Management System to their work. Continuous improvement, understanding complex systems, and promoting innovation are all part of the landscape of learning challenges today's companies face. Edmondson outlines the factors that prevent them from doing so, such as interpersonal fear, irrational beliefs about failure, groupthink, problematic power dynamics, and information hoarding.

Most team building literature, this included, focuses on leadership with the assumption that team members can and do have leadership potential.

It's really about learning as we seek to execute strategies in increasingly complex environments and times.

As I worked my way through the book, I was reminded of relevant passages in two other books I have read recently. Wish I didn't buy it.

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The first book for a long time to provide genuinely new insights into the link between leadership style and team performance on the one hand and between team performance and organisational success on the other. Shop books, stationery, devices and other learning essentials.

Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Worth a read. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy. Teaming and collaboration that combine different talents, points of view, and perspectives capture value more readily in this more complex environment. In general many good ideas. How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. An excerpt from the book, Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy by Amy C. Edmondson. The content has been puffed up with lots of banal stuff, so as to make a whole book out of material that would fit on many fewer pages. I can recommend the book, but one should keep in mind that the valuable insights come rather sparsely throughout reading. Psychological Safety: The key to happy, high-performing people and teams This is a wonderful book for anyone who is interested changing organizations, or the world at large! In most organizations, the work that produces value for customers is carried out by teams, and increasingly, by flexible team-like entities.

Amy's book takes her many years of wonderful experience and points us in a clear direction for moving forward into a more complex era of organizational and planatary change. This is a dummy description. etc. The previous synopses provided are very good and accurate. Dare to Lead: Brave Work. This was our choice for a leadership book club. Select your address