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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 Tuesday. David Hillson I will be talking. I have persuaded a colleague at the University to be interviewed about one of his own failures too - building on feedback from the Manchester event about sensitivity around talking about your own failures in public, this should set the right tone for other…See More

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 government in recent weeks, and wondering how many times they will allow themselves to do so.  Is this a characteristic of a new government?More importantly though, is the public apology the relatively quick way to move on from failure without having to dwell long enough to learn from it?  My concern…See More

The Glory of Failure Royal Society for Arts, Manufacturers, and Commerce (RSA) project comes to University Campus Suffolk, Ipswich Tuesday 8 March, 6pm Exploring how failure is part of being more innovative and creative. Web: http://thefailurefiles.wordpress.com  twitter: @gloryoffailure Being able to innovate is even more important in times of political, economic and social turbulence. But how can we be open to the possibility of failure,…See More

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