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90 Days to Level Up Your Teamwork
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90 Days to Level Up Your Teamwork

by Amy C. Edmondson
October 2025
Beginner to intermediate
224 pages
4h 21m
English
Wiley
Audiobook available
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Part IIIDays 61–90

Performance goal: Innovate with teaming.

Consider Part III a road map for leaders who wish to inspire or participate in the innovation journey. Each of the following weeks covers one of four overarching recommendations for leaders seeking to enhance innovation in their organization: aim well, team up, fail well, and learn fast.

The following table summarizes the goals you will reflect on over the next 30 days. To keep yourself motivated, consider your personal goals and vision for success. What does innovation mean to you?

Days 61–90Performance Goal: Innovate with teaming.
Week 9 Benchmark Goal: Aim high: Discover how to choose a worthy goal.
  • Do you agree that to innovate you need a worthy goal?
  • How does aiming high help to motivate a team?
  • Have you ever had a stretch goal that challenged you beyond what seemed feasible? How did you stay motivated?
Week 10 Benchmark Goal: Team up: Learn the keys to teaming up for innovation.
  • Have you ever teamed up with “strange bedfellows” to achieve a challenging goal? How did it work out?
  • Do you agree that psychological safety is a must for teaming?
  • How do process guidelines contribute to effective teaming?
Week 11 Benchmark Goal: Fail well: See how failure sets the stage for success.
  • Do you agree that failure is a prerequisite of innovation?
  • Have you ever experienced a “good failure” in your career?
  • What did you learn from it?
  • Why is it important to “fail at the right scale”?
Week 12 Benchmark Goal: ...
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