Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2023-10-19
Books mentioned on 562. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death
In medicine, failure can be catastrophic. It can also produce discoveries that save millions of lives.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Right Kind of Wrong
Right Kind of Wrong by Amy Edmondson is a book that examines the science and psychology of how people can learn from failures instead of repeating them.
Discussed“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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The Peter Principle
The Peter Principle by Dr.
Discussed“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.”
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Hershey
Discussed“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.”
