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Stories of failure
Posted by Shawn Callahan - 7/05/07
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Ford Harding over at Harding & Company is planning to blog some anecdotes of his and others failures under the title of sadder and wiser. His first anecdote post has two good stories with strong lessons. Dave Snowden has often said that worst practices are more important in complex, unpredictable situations because it is better to know what to avoid than to attempt to replay a 'best practice' that worked in an entirely different context. And it is certainly true that people remember and retell stories of failure. So I'm looking forward to seeing Ford's anecdote posts.
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I also think we learn more from our mistakes than from our successes. A good request when interviewing a prospective employee is, "Please describe a mistake you have made." In the answer you are looking for what the person learned from the mistake, not just the story of the mistake, itself.
Has anyone got a Sadder-But-Wiser anecdote to share either on this site or on my blog? Please provide a little context about how you use it.
Posted by: Ford Harding at May 7, 2007 11:28 PM
Lightspeed Venutre Partners has an interesting blog on "Failure is an Option." at http://lsvp.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/failure-is-an-option/
Posted by: Amisare Waswere at May 31, 2007 10:24 PM
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