Book · 2023 · Self-Help
Right Kind of Wrong
Why Learning to Fail Can Teach Us to Thrive
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She recently published a book called Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well.
Stephen Dubner · Freakonomics Radio · May 2025 The best things said about it
She is an organizational psychologist at the Harvard Business School and recently published a book called Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing.
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Right Kind of Wrong by Amy Edmondson is a book that examines the psychology of failure and how constructive mistakes can drive learning and innovation. The book was discussed by Stephen Dubner across multiple episodes of Freakonomics Radio. During an update episode titled How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events, Dubner noted that the author, an organizational psychologist at Harvard Business School, had recently published the work. In another two-part series titled How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death, Dubner again introduced Edmondson and her newly released publication, highlighting its subtitle, The Science of Failing Well, which explores the distinction between productive and destructive errors. Across these segments, the podcast focused on the author's academic background and the core thesis of her book, emphasizing the importance of reframing failure as a vital tool for organizational and personal growth rather than something to be strictly avoided.
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“She is an organizational psychologist at the Harvard Business School and recently published a book called Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing.”
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“Throughout this series, we've been speaking with Amy Edmonson, a scholar of failure at the Harvard Business School.”