Red Teaming Strategy: Huawei's Organizational Learning and Resilience
Red team refers to an imaginary enemy within an organization. With the "winter is coming" consciousness, Huawei established its Red Team in the 1990s. The Red Team of Huawei analyzes and imitates its major competitors. It also helps Huawei in learning from its industry peers and ensures Huawei operating robustly against a disturbing external environment. In this chapter, we use three examples to explain the functions and importance of Red teaming strategy in Huawei and discuss how Huawei implements red teaming strategy to promote organizational learning and resilience through the lens of ambidexterity and paradox management.