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Business leaders learning from ‘stuff ups’
In response to an earlier post, Caroline Heider asked the million-dollar question: How does one develop .. a culture [of reflective or evaluative thinking] when it is not intrinsic or when incentives exist to share information only about success/the positive … Continue reading
‘Fast failure’ and Work-Out: Organizational cultures that support learning from failure
Learning from failure has received very little attention in evaluation, but the management literature has been discussing it since the 1990s. The real challenge is building an organizational culture where not only is experimentation encouraged, but it is not necessarily a career-limiting move to produce failures, mistakes, and negative results. Organizational leaders have a huge part to play in setting the tone and showing through their actions that learning from failure is important. And for government agencies in particular, the media has an important part to play in supporting rather than undermining genuine evaluation. Continue reading
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