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Wildman Whitehouse
and the
Great Failure of 1858
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Everyone is Wrong
Except Me,
The Best Scientist In the World
or...
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Lilly Ryan
@attacus_au
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Life can only be understood
backwards; but it must be
lived forwards.
Søren Kierkegaard
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'Tis done! The angry sea consents,
The nations stand no more apart;
With claspéd hands the continents,
Feel the throbbing of each other’s hearts.
Speed, speed the cable, let it run,
A loving girdle round the earth,
Till all the nations neath the sun
Shall be as brothers of one hearth.
Anonymous, 1858
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Queen Victoria (not amused)
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Dr. Edward Orange Wildman Whitehouse
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William Thomson
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Cross-section of the first Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
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[...] A great responsibility rests upon those who have in
any way contributed to the failure of this enterprise;
but for my own part, I can safely say, that neither zeal,
labour, caution, nor anxiety, was wanting upon the part
of
EDWARD ORANGE WILDMAN WHITEHOUSE
ROYAL INSTITUTION, ALBEMARLE STREET,
September 27, 1858.
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[...] A great responsibility rests upon those who have in
any way contributed to the failure of this enterprise;
but for my own part, I can safely say, that neither zeal,
labour, caution, nor anxiety, was wanting upon the part
of
EDWARD ORANGE WILDMAN WHITEHOUSE
ROYAL INSTITUTION, ALBEMARLE STREET,
September 27, 1858.
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Open-mindedness is crucial
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Treat feedback sensitively
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"Regardless of what we discover, we
understand and truly believe that everyone
did the best job they could, given what they
knew at the time, their skills and abilities,
the resources available, and the situation at
hand."
Norm Kerth
Project Retrospectives: A Handbook for Team Review
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No room for “heroes”
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1. Open-mindedness is crucial
2. Treat feedback sensitively
3. Remember the Prime Directive
4. No room for “heroes”
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Thanks