Nice to know
On Monday, February 17th we will kick off our PD days with a Failure Festival. Below are a few pieces of information to help shape your thinking before the event. More details will be provided in the Friday Focus.
- Edward D. Hess‘s article in Forbes, Creating An Innovation Culture: Accepting Failure is Necessary.
- Educational philosopher and author of the Courage to Teach Parker Palmer‘s video
What is a Failure Festival?
An event where individuals share a problem that failed in a safe, supportive and learning focused environment.
How to participate:
- Presenting a failure is optional, being an open minded respectful listener is not:)
- If you do want to take advantage of this opportunity. Be ready to present the following in a storytelling fashion:
What was the project?
What were you trying to do?
What was the fail/where did it go wrong?
What would you do differently next time (or never again!)?
What lessons can be learned?
FAIL_slam format:
Presentations should be no longer than 10 minutes to maximize learning and promote actionable lessons that can be embedded into future work. Each group will have a moderator.
Learn more about celebrating failure:
- Admitting failure from Engineers Without Borders
- Bringing Innovation to School by Suzie Boss (book in the Library e collection)
- Making Friends With Failure by Ainissa Ramirez
Works Cited
Institute, Batten. “Creating An Innovation Culture: Accepting Failure Is
Necessary.” Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 20 June 2012. Web. 03 Feb. 2014.
Palmer, P. J. “What Is a Divided Life?” CourageRenewal. YouTube, 19 Mar. 2013. Web. 04 Feb.
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