A masterclass in failure. That’s what @HarvardHBS professor Amy Edmondson called the speech by Amanda Anisimova after she lost 6–0, 6–0 in the Wimbledon final. Anisimova graciously praised winner Iga Świątek, thanked the fans, and also apologized to them, and then tearfully spoke of her mother, who supported her when her father suddenly died in 2019. As Edmondson put it, "It was courageous. It was honest, and then you realize how compelling it is and how few people truly take that opportunity to be honest and vulnerable and generous after a devastating failure.” And there are wider lessons to be drawn. “The most successful or high-performance organizations are not the ones that never fail,” Edmonson says. “They’re the ones that catch and correct. And they’re willing to take risks in new territory in ways that often lead to success — but often don’t.”