Failure is the Best Possible Outcome
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This is a presentation I delivered at TEDx Auckland on the 1st of October - tedxauckland.co.nz A video of this presentation and blog containing more information on this presentation is available at http://j.mp/TEDxAkl
Transcript of Failure is the Best Possible Outcome
Innovation is a constant process of trial and error.
You need the willingness to fail all the time. John Backus – Computer Scientist
That Will NEVER WORK!
G.Apostolo "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Helicopters", 1984
What were
you thinking?
Thomas Edison's Patent Application for the Light Bulb (1880) ourdocuments.gov
CREDIT: 1912. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
How do you handle failure?
How to failis a learntbehaviour
One thatmost people don’t do well.
We start learning young…
FAILURE SUCCESS
Great companiesand great peoplefail often.
We will never make a 32-bit operating system
Bill Gates 1989
Being a market leaderis even more reason to
think outside the square.
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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and
expecting a different result.
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cc Guillermo Esteves - gesteves.com.
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The trick isto know when
to adjustyour perspective
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Sometimes we get taken by surprise. For example, when the Internet came along, we had it as
a fifth or sixth priority.Bill Gates 1998
Failure is not an option…
But it will always happen!
You need to beprepared to handle it.
Know what is inyour wing mirror…
And when you need to choose a
different path.
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Credit - Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) Keynote Screen Shot June 8 2009
I’m not technicalHow does this relate to me?
COMMITMENTATTACHMENT
We don’t have the money so we have to think.
Ernest Rutherford
What am I committed to at work right now?
Synth video 1
What can you do to change the way that you
think about failure?
