📚 3 Books mentioned in "562. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death | Freakonomics Radio" of Freakonomics Radio
Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
Episode: 562. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death | Freakonomics Radio
Published on October 19, 2023
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
Hershey
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One of the books I read, and I'm actually not a fan of their chocolate, is a book on Milton Hershey, and this really gets to your point on failure.
Bob Langer refers to a book he read about Milton Hershey to emphasize the idea that failure can serve as a valuable learning opportunity.
Right Kind of Wrong
Buy Right Kind of Wrong by Amy C. Edmondson on Amazon
She is an organizational psychologist at the Harvard Business School and recently published a book called Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing.
In this segment, Stephen Dubner discusses the recent publication by Amy Edmonson, an organizational psychologist at Harvard Business School, titled 'Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing'. This book serves as an introduction to Edmonson's concepts that will be elaborated upon in the episode.
The Peter Principle
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This reminds me of the Peter Principle, where people get promoted to positions higher than they're capable of based on their past experience, which may not have been relevant to their new role.
In this segment, Stephen Dubner connects the discussion to the Peter Principle, a concept that suggests individuals are promoted beyond their level of competence, referencing the book 'The Peter Principle' while talking with Amy Edmondson about how 'inability' relates to failure.