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

The Fearless Organization by Professor Amy C. Edmondson is an important contribution to the research field of the learning organization for several reasons: it characterizes what a true learning organization looks similar to; it explains how the execution-as-learning mindset can lead to innovation and growth; and it offers a step-by-step guide to building psychological safety in teams and organizations. The concept of psychological safety, defined as ‘the belief that the work environment is safe for interpersonal risk-taking’ (Edmondson, 2018, p. 8), was coined by Edmondson (1999) in her study of team learning in 1999 and has achieved significant...