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Sure, risking failure is important. Not stupid failure – the kind that comes from testing the depth of water with both feet. Rather the well-considered variety: the ‘intelligent failures’ essential to ...

You often hear that failure provides an opportunity for learning. Indeed, it is intuitively appealing to assume that people will use their failure experiences as means toward finding success.

Imagine you are watching a movie, a delightfully engaging and entertaining film. Now imagine that the person sitting next to you is an acclaimed director, an expert at making movies. Will you see the ...

Leaders think they drive accountability. Their teams disagree. The gap reveals how explanation replaces investigation—and why ...

A chemist at the 3M research lab had been working to develop an adhesive strong enough to be used in the construction of an aircraft. One of those many failures resulted in a thin, weak substance that ...

Right now, someone somewhere, in a meeting room or on Zoom, is uttering these success-killing words: “We tried it before, and it didn’t work.” Or, in a similar squash-down, “Oh, others have tried that ...

Corrected: A previous version of this essay included a misspelling of Amy C. Edmondson’s name. The best teachers create classrooms where students understand that making mistakes and even experiencing ...

In our experience, one of the scariest snakes in the room is the fear of failure, which manifests itself in many ways like fear of being judged, fear of getting started, fear of the unknown. And while ...