Teaching Failure
How many times have you heard fail fast and fail often to achieve success? Jason Seiken in his HBR blog talks about how he made it more than a slogan at his organization.
He writes, “Business-school literature has long stressed the importance of taking risks and encouraging rapid failure. In the real world of quarterly numbers, though, embracing failure mostly remains a throwaway line in CEO speeches.
At PBS Digital, we went beyond corporate lip service and demanded failure from each and every employee.”
Check it out…http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/09/how-i-got-my-team-to-fail-more/
I firmly believe that growth comes from failure, not success. I know “teaching failure” sounds like an oxymoron, but research shows that students who believe that failure is a temporary condition and are resilient are far more likely to be ultimately successful. Are you providing a safe space to fail in your classroom, in your school, in your district?
Have you made your quota of failures this week?
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