Failing the correct way

A lightning talk i gave about why its sometimes good to fail

Transcript

1. Why  its  good  to  be  wrong   Some2mes       By  Stephen  Johnson  
2. I  get  things  wrong   •  Hopefully  my  boss  doesn’t  find  out   •  Ha  im  young,  I  have  been  working  in  IT  for  10   years     •  I  work  on  things  that  I  don’t  understand   •  I'm  human  
3. I’m  never  wrong   •  That’s  crap   •  We  all  make  mistakes   •  Some  bigger  than  others    J   •  The  difference  between  an  experienced   person  and  an  intern  is  that  they  have  failed   more  2mes.      
4. The  eeek  factor  of  Fail   •  Lets  cover  it  up   •  Fix  it  as  soon  as  we  can   •  Try  to  blame  someone  else   •  Hide  it,  blame  the  intern  
5. Why  is  it  good  to  be  wrong   •  Because  we  learn  for  the  experience   •  We  learn  new  ways  of  work   •  Because  we  improve  processes   •  Self  improvement  comes  through  being  wrong   •  You  never  learn  from  doing  things  correctly  
6. Why  I  like  being  wrong   •  Because  it  improves  my  skills   •  Because  it  improves  the  company   •  Because  it  makes  me  beLer  at  my  job   •  Because  I  learn  from  it  
7. How  to  be  wrong  the  right  way   •  Learn  from  it   •  Build  tools  and  system  around  being  wrong   •  Expect  people  to  get  things  wrong   •  Embrace  the  fail,  but  don’t  commit  the  same   fail  twice.      
8. Failing  gracefully   •  Fail  fast   •  Find  out  how  you  messed  up   •  Figure  out  why  you  messed  up   •  Fix  the  mistake   •  Build  a  system  (mental  or  physical)  to  prevent   the  same  mistake   •  Tell  people  about  it,  so  they  don’t  commit  the   same  mistake