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Meagan Waller
July 15, 2014
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Learning From Failure Geek Fest
Slides from my Geek Fest presentation on July 15th, 2014.
Meagan Waller
July 15, 2014
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Transcript
learning from failure.
i failed.
i don’t like being called smart.
is smart toxic?
smart causes underperformance.
smart. effort.
easy. hard.
look smart. don’t risk making mistakes.
everyone failed.
anxious. calm.
drop 20% up 30%
a variable they can control.
no recipe for responding to failure.
expending effort is stigmatized.
all classes.
all genders.
all ages.
ok, what now?
None
hate. can’t.
Courtesy: http://www.teachthought.com/industry/6-reasons-standardized-testing-is-at-best-problematic/
None
warmer. colder.
beyond apprenticeship
estimating is hard
“Hofstadter’s Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even
when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.”
don’t fail at failure.
fail fast.
expose ignorance.
retros.
premortem.
document everything.
“we had the opportunity to learn.”
failure for fun and profit.
chip away at the stigma.
foster expert learners.
“it meant a lot that you noticed how hard i
worked.”
praise effort expose ignorance safe space to fail
praise effort expose ignorance safe space to fail
“your new gem is awesome!”
“your blog post really made me think, thanks for writing
it.”
“you kicked ass this sprint, thanks for working so hard.”
praise effort expose ignorance safe space to fail
praise effort expose ignorance safe space to fail
“The road leading to a goal does not separate you
from the destination; it is essentially a part of it”
None
i’m meagan software craftswoman @meaganewaller
[email protected]
questions?