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The Glory of Failure

Newcomers to the site may not have (yet) found their way to the Glory of Failure group on Ning.

Those who have been here a while may not have fully appreciated how the Glory of Failure campaign can support your work and help you to make a difference in whatever work you are doing.

THE GLORY OF FAILURE CAMPAIGN IS TRULY TRANSDISCIPLINARY!!!

Have a look at our group, see the sorts of discussion going on and think about what you can gain and what you can give. It doesn't cost you anything to join and you'll find, as one of the most active groups on the Ning Fellowship Council, it is a great place to get started building networks that you can use to advance your own work: as well as being extremely worthwhile in itself.

You'll also be able to make 'instant impact'. I have posted a number of items that show you what to do if you have no time, some time or lots and lots of time and can really make a difference to our (yours and the established groups) efforts. We'd really like to see you there.

From publishing books through organising colloquia and symposia, surveys and failure labs, to pub quizzes and monthly meetings and webchats, the Glory of Failure group is where the science of failure meets its art.

We are now looking at five main themes, failure in relation to:

Individual Life Events (ILE)

Education

Organisations

Culture and Society

International

Remember, if you don't try, you won't fail but you won't succeed either...

Add me as a friend and don't hesitate to contact me if you want to find out more or just have a chat about things. And you'll see we regularly update the Ning events pages so you can meet 1:1 or with a group of like-minded people (diverse as we are in all other respects!) and see what you can do to contribute to changing society's attitude to, and removing the taboo around, failure.

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Comment by Chris Yapp on March 26, 2010 at 16:17: Hi,

The Charity Teach first ran evenings called the "cock Up Club". Invited speakers had 7 minutes to talk about the biggest mistake of their life and how they dug themselves out. It was an amazing session. When i did it i found it more revealing and enjoyable than I anticipated. the conversations these short presentations opened up were emotional and insightful

Comment by Jonathan Jewell on March 28, 2010 at 20:56: How do you connect with Teach First, Chris?

I heard Dame Julia talking about this same topic the other day and thought she was brilliant.

Presumably you are a TF graduate?

I'm sure there is some level of confidentiality but I wonder if you could share some insights (or even just some stories) from the day

Comment by Chris Yapp on March 29, 2010 at 6:22: I was one of those who talked at the cock up club.
I heard about Julia's session too.
The real value was three stories from very different lives as openers followed by discussion between participants and audiences. On my session we had a bridge builder a marketer from consumer goods and me in IT. What it showed was the human side was pretty similar even if businesses very different. I'd be happy to post my story to encourage others.. OK?

Comment by Jonathan Jewell on March 29, 2010 at 9:01: Yes, definitely.

I think this is exactly the kind of thing we should be sharing and it's really good of you even to put your hands up and admit it. Either there's a lot of people who are too shy to admit it, or a lot of people who are more successful than me!

Comment by Vittorio Cirefice on March 1, 2011 at 22:23: this sounds terrific stuff

just hit with Kathryn Schulz 's "Being wrong" - an analysis up to my heart , churchill said sucess is going from one disaster to another and still be able to keep going,

can i put you down as a friend

Comment by Jonathan Jewell on April 4, 2011 at 6:51: absolutely Vittorio! where are you based incidentally?

Comment by Vittorio Cirefice on April 7, 2011 at 22:22: based in northern ireland. could identify with four out of your five main themes.

looking forward to seeing how the dialog might expand into the realisation of individual worth, i.e anyone on the mountain who claims never to have made a mistake has never really done anything.

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