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Amy C. Edmondson

Facing Ambiguous Threats: The Idea in Brief Are you dismissing small signals that may portend danger to your business? Ignore these ambiguous threats, and you could imperil your company. Pharmaceutical giant Merck discovered this firsthand when it downplayed early unclear...; Articles 2008-03-10

Learning How and Learning What: Effects of Tacit and Codified Knowledge on Performance Improvement Following Technology Adoption: ABSTRACT This paper examines effects of tacit and codified knowledge on performance improvement as organizations gain experience with a new technology. We draw from knowledge management and learning curve research to predict improvement rate heterogeneity across organizations. We first note that the same technology can present opportunities for improvement along...; Articles 2003-04-01
Disrupted routines: Team learning and new technology implementation in hospitals: ********** Adopting new technologies is essential to sustained competitiveness for many organizations. In both manufacturing and service industries, new technology can lead to product and process improvements that produce tangible market advantages--but these advantages can be elusive. Failure to adopt innovations, even those with demonstrable benefits, is commonplace...; Articles 2001-12-01
Faster surgical learning. (NEWS).(Brief Article): An emphasis on organizational learning and teamwork increases the speed at which surgical teams learn a new procedure, according to Harvard Business School researchers. Researchers Amy C. Edmondson, Richard M. Bohmer, and Gary Pisano found that the most successful adopters of...; Articles 2001-11-01