Learning from Failure

Talk at 8th Light.

Failure doesn't have to derail all our progress and productivity. Wouldn't it be great if instead of viewing failure as something to be avoided we actively sought out and enjoyed it?

This talk is about how we can learn from how failures, how we can use our failures to our advantage, and even enjoy them. It will explore why many of us avoid failure at all costs, and how we can change the way we view and process failures. We'll discover how we can turn our failure into feedback, and in the process improve our work conditions for ourselves personally, for those on our teams, and for future team members.

Transcript

1. learning from failure.
2. i failed.
3. i don’t like being called smart.
4. is smart toxic?
5. smart causes underperformance.
6. smart. effort.
7. easy. hard.
8. look smart. don’t risk making mistakes.
9. everyone failed.
10. anxious. calm.
11. drop 20% up 30%
12. a variable they can control.
13. no recipe for responding to failure.
14. expending effort is stigmatized.
15. all classes.
16. all genders.
17. all ages.
18. ok, what now?
20. hate. can’t.
21. Courtesy: http://www.teachthought.com/industry/6-reasons-standardized-testing-is-at-best-problematic/
23. warmer. colder.
24. beyond apprenticeship
25. estimating is hard
26. “Hofstadter’s Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.”
27. don’t fail at failure.
28. fail fast.
29. expose ignorance.
30. retros.
31. document everything.
32. failure for fun and profit.
33. chip away at the stigma.
34. foster expert learners
35. praise effort expose ignorance safe space to fail
36. praise effort expose ignorance safe space to fail
37. praise effort expose ignorance safe space to fail
38. praise effort expose ignorance safe space to fail
39. “The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it”
41. i’m meagan software craftswoman @meaganewaller meagan@8thlight.com