CHAPTER 3

Charting Your Fail Better Path

Your next big project might seem exciting at the outset, but there’s no guarantee it will deliver big results at the end. If you’re aiming to innovate, chances are there will be surprises along the way. Successful teams find and exploit these breakthroughs, from project launch to close, by using systematic practices tailored to their needs. This combination of exploration and discipline can shift outcomes from poor or just acceptable to surprising, groundbreaking, or even world-changing. Harnessing failure’s benefits calls for a method to learn from failure and then do better.

It’s this virtuous cycle that forms our focus. We designed this chapter to guide you in taking the ideas and inspirations from ...

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