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Building a Culture of Learning at Work

How leaders can create the psychological safety for people to constantly rethink what’s possible.



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Many organizations fall short of their goal to create a culture of continuous learning. To be successful, says renowned organizational psychologist and best-selling author Adam Grant, senior leadership must get comfortable with getting real. Management must talk openly and candidly about how they learn from their own mistakes, so their employees feel safe enough to do the same. Learning professionals and managers who want to get serious about building an honest, open and dynamic company culture will benefit from Grant’s cutting-edge research.

Take-Aways

  • Employees need to feel psychologically safe before they can learn and grow.
  • Managers who effectively model vulnerability make their employees feel safe enough to undertake their own learning journeys.
  • Melinda Gates read staff criticisms out loud, in real time in front of staff – inspiring Foundation employees to work on their own shortcomings.

About the Author

Adam Grant is the best-selling author of Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know and Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World. He is an organizational psychologist at the Wharton School.


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