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Topic: Dealing with Other’s Failure
- Dealing with Other’s Failure, video 2:24m, 4 questions to use for discussion (Kevin Jone blog)
Articles for this Week:
- Talent Management Lessons from Apple: A Case Study of the World’s Most Valuable Firm, part 1 of a 4-part series (ere.net via ASTD blog, part 2 of the article)
- The U.S. Market for Mobile Learning Products and Services: 2010-2015 Forecast and Analysis, executive summary of the report (Ambient Insight Research)
- Mobilize: Three Steps for Developing Content for Mobile Delivery (Learning Solutions blog)
- Freelancers: How to start a Social Media Marketing Strategy (CollaborationIdeas.com)
- 4 Components of a Compelling Elevator Pitch (Michael Hyatt Intentional Leadership blog)
Tip of the Week:
- Boost learners’ readiness to learn by communicating wtih learners prior to the training session.
Other Resources Mentioned in the Show:
- If you are a regular listener of this show you know Robin is a big fan of the cartoons of artist Hugh MacLeod. Check out his his website and his art. (here are a few of Robin’s favorite cartoons–among many–to whet your appetite!: Fail, I Work Very Hard, What People Say, All Good Ideas, Permission, )
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Gals, Great discussion! You hit on some real key points. I would hope that every team could have that type of in depth discussion. I genuinely think it is sorely lacking in working groups and you gave a great example of how it can be done.
One point that was brought up at about 19:30 was this, “I wonder if failure is the outcome of a poorly handled mistake.” I have been thinking a lot about this very thing lately. And what I have come to (so far) is that the noun “failure” means, to me, an end condition where no more forward progress can be made. But the verb, “to fail” signifies a necessary part of a journey – a stepping stone toward progression. Relating back to the quote above, I would think that a “poorly handled mistake” stops forward progress and thus is true failure.
Sure, there are semantics in there, but this one way I have found to look at this issue to bring out when failure can be good and when it can be a show stopper.
Again, great discussion – Your insights helped me broaden my view! Thank you!
-KJ