Building better teams by identifying conservation professionals willing to learn from failure

Introducing a common taxonomy to support learning from failure in conservation

“…Recent research indicates that conservation practitioners are more willing to engage in learning from failure behavior in environments where they benefit from a high level of psychological safety (Catalano et al 2021). A psychologically safe meeting is one in which individuals are able to speak freely about their mistakes and concerns without fear of blame, retribution, or embarrassment (Catalano et al,.…”

“…If developing and applying appropriate tools, methodologies, and protocols represents one of the enabling conditions required to facilitate learning from failure in conservation, then another is to ensure that the operational culture that these tools are applied in facilitates their use. Recent research highlights the importance of psychological safety in ensuring practitioners’ willingness to engage in learning from failure behavior (Catalano et al., 2021 ). There are also potential pitfalls in attempting to apply some of the practices for learning from failure common in other sectors to particular conservation scenarios (Chambers et al., 2021 ).…”

“…Conservation practitioners are more willing to engage in learning from failure behavior in environments in which they benefit from a high level of psychological safety (Catalano et al., 2021). We propose that framing learning from failure exercises around generic root causes minimizes the risk of participants adopting a “name, blame, and, shame” approach to failure in which practitioners are afraid to record, acknowledge, and share failure (Catalano et al., 2018; Edmonson, 2011; Reason, 2000), and provides a more direct route to potential solutions.…”

Transforming Conservation

“…to evaluate what did and did not work, and what measures could be taken to improve in the next sprint. Even if not all work in conservation fits the sprint workflow, this approach of routine assessment and transparency to discuss failure and incremental progress are valuable approaches to creating an organisational culture that adopts evidence use (Catalano et al, 2021). The Objectives and Key Results (OKR) framework can also be used as a way of tracking success in this middle-ground by collaboratively setting goals and identifying key measurable results to track (Panchadsaram, 2020).…”

Exploration on the Influencing Factors of Overseas Students' Online Chinese Learning Intention During the Epidemic Period

“…Willingness To Learn (WTL), a key factor determining the results of Chinese learning, can arouse learning activities and learning behaviors (Catalano et al, 2021 ; Liu et al, 2021 ). At present, there are few studies on WTL, and they are basically the summary of the education reform experience of education suppliers.…”