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Discussion and work of the Glory of Failure campaign and the Failure Files.

Website: http://www.glory-of-failure.org/
Location: Universal
Members: 101
Latest Activity: Oct 12, 2012

You always pass failure on the way to success - Mickey Rooney

Our vision is of a world where we can create, innovate and thrive free from the stigma of failure.

Our mission is to explain and promote the benefits of failure within organisations, individuals and society.

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Nottingham Network: Failure

On Thursday 8 December a small group of East Midland Fellows' are coming together to share their experiences of Failure and find out more about this issue. Our hosts and faciliators for the evening…Continue

Started by Viv Long-Ferguson Dec 2, 2011.

The Failure Files on Tour at the House of St Barnabas, 24th May 2011 1 Reply

Participants: A richly diverse group of 60 people willing to explore and promote the benefits of failure within organisations, individuals, and society. We want to mingle with social artists,…Continue

Started by Roxanne Persaud. Last reply by Roxanne Persaud May 25, 2011.

The failure files on tour-Ipswich, 8 March 1 Reply

As part of a collaboration between the University in Suffolk and a burgeoning RSA group the County, the next failure files on tour is being hosted at the fabulous waterfront building in Ipswich on…Continue

Tags: ipswich, helplessness, learned, visibility

Started by Esmee Wilcox. Last reply by Ian Lewis Mar 3, 2011.

Failing in politics-the public apology

Thinking a lot about failure in government and politics at the moment in advance of speaking about it in Ipswich next month (subtle plug!). Intrigued by the number of apologies from the coalition…Continue

Tags: apology, politics, government

Started by Esmee Wilcox Feb 27, 2011.

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Comment by Jonathan Jewell on July 14, 2012 at 13:08: I hope people don't mind me posting here, but I'd really appreciate it if you could do this online experiment (being run through University College, London - UCL) and share it widely.

It's not spam (honest) - just look at the accuracy of my spelling and absence of pharmaceutical offers! Here it is:

http://lnkd.in/kHPaji

Clinician or otherwise, this simple reasoning study will help shape the future of medicine by helping us to understand how people operate in resource constrained situations.

The experiment will take less than 10 minutes and your responses will be anonymous.

I'd be really grateful if you can offer your support in doing the experiment and in sharing it with your contacts so I can get appropriate numbers for analysis.

If you are keen to hear the outcome, I can send you a copy of the study on request.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Best wishes,

Jonathan

Comment by Pascale Scheurer on December 7, 2011 at 19:33: "I've learnt so much from my mistakes, I'm thinking of making a few more."

Just yesterday was writing down all my (ad)ventures, since I first sold Garfield cartoons to schoolfriends aged 9. THIRTEEN businesses in all. The latest I've just sold out of after seven years (hence the moment of nostalgia). How many were failures? Well, all AND none, of course.

Looking forward to ventures 14-26 over the coming year. One per moon cycle. I'd be very happy with twelve joyous 'failures' and one new startup by the time we sing in 2013.

Thank you to those of you who set up this group. Genius.

Comment by Esther King on November 8, 2011 at 14:13: To add to Milton Glaser's quote (see Susan Bennett's comment below), Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, says Britain's attitude towards avoiding failure at all costs is holding us back. See the article in yesterday's Evening Standard http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-24006918-if-you-wan...

Comment by Jonathan Jewell on November 3, 2011 at 11:03: Hey Roxanne,

Would be really useful to have a summary of where things are up to with the GoF campaign and now limited company. Could you give us a quick briefing, as it has been a little bit of time since we had a fuller update (I know there's been a lot going on in the Twittersphere!).

Also, I wonder how the book is going and whether there's any feedback you've been getting?

Take care,

Jonathan

Comment by Roxanne Persaud on October 27, 2011 at 15:56: Ben, that's a great find.

The Glory of Failure project is still alive, just quietly mutating. We'll be speaking at the December FRSA meeting in Nottingham, and a few other places before year end, and other activities are incubating.

Continuing interest from you all is very motivating. Thanks for carrying on the conversation :)

Comment by Susan A. Bennett on October 26, 2011 at 10:08: Did you know about this quote?

"People get better as a result of failure" Milton Glaser

Comment by Adrian Ashton on September 28, 2011 at 12:53: great lessons on what can be gained from dissecting start-up failures: http://bit.ly/nT99hg

Comment by Ben Bennetts on September 8, 2011 at 18:08: Hi. I wonder if anyone wants to take a look at http://wp.me/p1u5Oe-46, where this group gets a name-check?

Comment by Adrian Ashton on April 27, 2011 at 11:48: just come across the 'Institute for Brilliant Failures' - http://www.briljantemislukkingen.nl/EN/institute/

Comment by Jonathan Jewell on April 24, 2011 at 20:40: Interesting, have you seen the literature around NASA and the X-33... here's the precis from the Intaver Institute:

X-33’s composite liquid hydrogen fuel tank failed during testing in November 1999.
Lockheed Martin proposed to complete the development of the X-33 by replacing its two composite liquid hydrogen tanks with aluminum tanks. But NASA concluded that the benefits of testing the X-33 in flight did not justify the cost.

NASA overcame the sunk cost effect: a cost incurred in the past that affects present or future decisions. Sunk costs should be ignored.

I wonder if that is the answer to the NHS project, Ian? :)