Failure sucks but instructs.
I could have called this the Bob Sutton post.
But I decided to go with the bigger concept of a summary of everything I know about Bob:
- Innovation doesn't happen without failing, and failing happens when you try to do really new and innovative.
Or 'don't be afraid of failure" embrace it and learn from it.
Bob Sutton writes a lot of interesting posts on his blog, but there are these three I thought you would love to read (again if you already follow him) or for the first time if you just came to know him.
"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself." VS "the only way to really, really get your money's worth, is to do it yourself" because "nothing else creates that hollow feeling in your stomach."
Sometimes the best post are the ones born out of the combination of original post and the comments left by the readers. This is the case of "Design the ideal organization." The final exam question.
Bob offers this "A place where people are competent, civilized, and cooperative -- and tell the truth rather than spewing out lies and bullshit."
And from the dumbest practices at a company we learn about P&G 's A.G. Lafley's advice to keep things "Sesame Street Simple."
The principle he used at P&G to focus an entire organization "on the goal of winning what Lafley calls the "two consumer moments of truth"-first, buying P&G products and then, liking them so much that it's "memorable-at least satisfying and ideally delighting."
But the most revealing to me is the one about the creative process at the Onion. a place where "to get the 18 headlines they need for each week's edition, the writers usually propose about 600"
To listen to the original radio program use this link. For some reason the link on Bob's story no longer is available.
I guarantee interesting learnings and lots of connections between your brain cells.
Not a bad promise I say.
