Think of a moment in your life, when you felt discouraged, because it seemed like you’re right back at Square One. It feels unfair, doesn't it? Because you’ve worked hard to: Break a pattern in your behaviour,Be a better listener, orBuild stronger team relationships....
Fail early and often to succeed sooner is a Design Thinking principle. The rationale behind it is that we cannot create something really new, if we don’t allow ourselves to fail. Instead, we have to stick to what’s already been tried and tested elsewhere.
Of course, we can…
Many companies seek to be more agile, customer centred, and innovative these days. Yet agile and innovation are still buzz words rather than actual practice within many organisations.
A coaching client has recently pinned down the one big hurdle for companies in their endeavour to respond to the need of being more agile and innovative: The “no mistakes” culture with its zero tolerance for failure is still predominant in European organisations. It’s frustrating.
More importantly, zero tolerance for failure is…