Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2025-05-14

Books mentioned on How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death (Update)

1 book · With Carol Hemlgarn, Amy Edmondson, John Van Reenen, Bob Langer, Gary Klein · Listen · Watch on YouTube

In medicine, failure can be catastrophic. It can also produce discoveries that save millions of lives.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. Right Kind of Wrong

    Amy Edmondson · at 10:00

    Discussed
    “She recently published a book called Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well. The Vanderbilt case was not an example of failing well.”
    Where to get it