{"id":"https://openalex.org/W138548077","doi":null,"title":"The failure-tolerant leader.","display_name":"The failure-tolerant leader.","publication_year":2002,"publication_date":"2002-08-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W138548077","mag":"138548077","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12195921"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmid:12195921","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12195921","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Harvard business review","raw_type":"Journal Article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5000240893","display_name":"Richard E. Farson","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Richard Farson","raw_affiliation_strings":["Western Behavioral Sciences Institute, La Jolla, California, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Western Behavioral Sciences Institute, La Jolla, California, USA","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5066684958","display_name":"Ralph Keyes","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ralph Keyes","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":17.2052,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":136,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.98517646,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":93,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"80","issue":"8","first_page":"64","last_page":"71, 148"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12751","display_name":"Leadership and Management in Organizations","score":0.8324999809265137,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12751","display_name":"Leadership and Management in Organizations","score":0.8324999809265137,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14465","display_name":"Leadership, Behavior, and Decision-Making Studies","score":0.08720000088214874,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14513","display_name":"Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies","score":0.012600000016391277,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3207","display_name":"Social Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fault-tolerance","display_name":"fault tolerance","score":0.8100000023841858},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/leadership","display_name":"leadership","score":0.8450000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fear-of-failure","display_name":"fear of failure","score":0.8019999861717224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/organizational-culture","display_name":"organizational culture","score":0.7020000219345093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/innovation","display_name":"innovation","score":0.7059999704360962},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/risk-taking","display_name":"risk-taking","score":0.906000018119812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/executive-behavior","display_name":"executive behavior","score":0.47200000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/leadership-styles","display_name":"leadership styles","score":0.33799999952316284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/admitting-mistakes","display_name":"admitting mistakes","score":0.3330000042915344}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776608531","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12253","display_name":"Watson","level":2,"score":0.8086467981338501},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775868214","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1208425","display_name":"Praise","level":2,"score":0.7228977680206299},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781466463","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q621695","display_name":"Blame","level":2,"score":0.7215903401374817},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C7991579","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17955","display_name":"Criticism","level":2,"score":0.5946245789527893},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C51575053","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72468","display_name":"Bureaucracy","level":3,"score":0.5873914957046509},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.5804328918457031},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776291640","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2912517","display_name":"Value (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.4375399649143219},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2992316619","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5439398","display_name":"Fear of failure","level":2,"score":0.41667264699935913},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.3852195143699646},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.38129180669784546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.34707576036453247},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.3371165692806244},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187736073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920921","display_name":"Management","level":1,"score":0.3203805088996887},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.2837054133415222},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.2822827398777008},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.2023528516292572},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.1224772036075592},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.11912813782691956},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204321447","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30642","display_name":"Natural language processing","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D000288","descriptor_name":"Administrative Personnel","qualifier_ui":"Q000523","qualifier_name":"psychology","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D001007","descriptor_name":"Anxiety","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D003132","descriptor_name":"Commerce","qualifier_ui":"Q000458","qualifier_name":"organization & administration","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D007857","descriptor_name":"Leadership","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D009936","descriptor_name":"Organizational Innovation","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D010559","descriptor_name":"Personnel Management","qualifier_ui":"Q000379","qualifier_name":"methods","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D012309","descriptor_name":"Risk-Taking","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D014481","descriptor_name":"United States","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D015279","descriptor_name":"Organizational Culture","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false}],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"pmid:12195921","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12195921","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Harvard business review","raw_type":"Journal Article"},{"id":"mag:138548077","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12195921","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"PubMed","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W203534879","https://openalex.org/W2029657900","https://openalex.org/W2046231049","https://openalex.org/W3043718830","https://openalex.org/W2781675650","https://openalex.org/W2023186654","https://openalex.org/W2474957980","https://openalex.org/W7100709427","https://openalex.org/W115257705","https://openalex.org/W2025299649"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"\"The":[0],"fastest":[1],"way":[2],"to":[3,12,31,42,75,142,207,227,238,255,290],"succeed,\"":[4],"IBM's":[5],"Thomas":[6],"Watson,":[7],"Sr.,":[8],"once":[9],"said,":[10],"\"is":[11],"double":[13],"your":[14],"failure":[15,273],"rate.\"":[16],"In":[17,83],"recent":[18],"years,":[19],"more":[20,22],"and":[21,77,87,95,120,163,179,262],"executives":[23],"have":[24,35,61],"embraced":[25],"Watson's":[26],"point":[27],"of":[28,51,57,106,113,137,260,277],"view,":[29],"coming":[30],"understand":[32],"what":[33],"innovators":[34],"always":[36],"known:":[37],"Failure":[38],"is":[39,110],"a":[40,62,135,191,209,270],"prerequisite":[41],"invention.":[43],"But":[44],"while":[45],"companies":[46,101],"may":[47],"grasp":[48],"the":[49,55,66,69,104,111,132,165,177,195,233,241,275,292],"value":[50],"making":[52,128],"mistakes":[53,129,223],"at":[54,68,190],"level":[56,193],"corporate":[58,78],"practices,":[59],"they":[60,152,197,214,236],"harder":[63],"time":[64],"accepting":[65],"idea":[67],"personal":[70,192],"level.":[71],"People":[72],"are":[73],"afraid":[74],"fail,":[76],"culture":[79,136],"reinforces":[80],"that":[81,140,182,266],"fear.":[82],"this":[84],"article,":[85],"psychologist":[86],"former":[88],"Harvard":[89],"Business":[90],"School":[91],"professor":[92],"Richard":[93],"Farson":[94],"coauthor":[96],"Ralph":[97],"Keyes":[98],"discuss":[99],"how":[100],"can":[102],"reduce":[103],"fear":[105],"miscues.":[107],"What's":[108],"crucial":[109],"presence":[112],"failure-tolerant":[114,171,251],"leaders--executives":[115],"who,":[116],"through":[117],"their":[118,125,157,186,221],"words":[119],"actions,":[121],"help":[122],"employees":[123],"overcome":[124],"anxieties":[126],"about":[127],"and,":[130],"in":[131,159],"process,":[133],"create":[134],"intelligent":[138],"risk-taking":[139],"leads":[141],"sustained":[143],"innovation.":[144,296],"Such":[145],"leaders":[146,174,252],"don't":[147],"just":[148],"accept":[149],"productive":[150],"failure,":[151],"promote":[153],"it.":[154],"Drawing":[155],"from":[156,185],"research":[158],"business,":[160],"politics,":[161],"sports,":[162],"science,":[164],"authors":[166],"identify":[167],"common":[168],"practices":[169],"among":[170],"leaders.":[172],"These":[173],"break":[175],"down":[176],"social":[178],"bureaucratic":[180],"barriers":[181],"separate":[183],"them":[184,229],"followers.":[187],"They":[188,199,218,264],"engage":[189],"with":[194,216],"people":[196,254],"lead.":[198],"avoid":[200],"giving":[201],"either":[202],"praise":[203],"or":[204,231,284],"criticism,":[205],"preferring":[206],"take":[208,291],"nonjudgmental,":[210],"analytical":[211],"posture":[212],"as":[213,267,269,274],"interact":[215],"staff.":[217],"openly":[219],"admit":[220],"own":[222],"rather":[224,279],"than":[225,280],"trying":[226],"cover":[228],"up":[230],"shifting":[232],"blame.":[234],"And":[235],"try":[237],"root":[239],"out":[240],"destructive":[242],"competitiveness":[243],"built":[244],"into":[245],"most":[246],"organizations.":[247],"Above":[248],"all":[249],"else,":[250],"push":[253],"see":[256],"beyond":[257],"traditional":[258],"definitions":[259],"success":[261],"failure.":[263],"know":[265],"long":[268],"person":[271],"views":[272],"opposite":[276],"success,":[278],"its":[281],"complement,":[282],"he":[283],"she":[285],"will":[286],"never":[287],"be":[288],"able":[289],"risks":[293],"necessary":[294],"for":[295]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":6}],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}