Perhaps the biggest obstacle to change and innovation is not lack of ideas, resources, or time, but simply the fear of failure. Recognizing this, many leaders have asked me: how can we learn to accept ...

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 ...

Failure can be a student’s best teacher—but only if educators know how to use it. “In the past, much of how we designed for learning and growth was without failure altogether. Then people started ...

Failure is often viewed as something you need to avoid, especially by new managers who are eager to prove their competence or have been previously conditioned to think that way. But failure isn’t a ...

Why is it that we can learn more from failure than success? While it may seem illogical, it’s true. It appears that the pain we associate with failure weighs heavier and sticks with us longer than the ...

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 ...

Engineering Manager Semira Allen examines how developers and teams can respond to failure with resilience, psychological ...