CHAPTER 2
Three Steps for Harnessing Failure
We’ve made the bold claim that your workaday projects could become crucibles for innovation, learning, and improvement. Yet too often, the reality couldn’t be more different. Many projects fall short, instead plod along in the rut of status quo, good enough, what’s always been done, safe, and no better needed.
Think back to your last project. Was it set up to maximize learning? Did you uncover valuable insights along the way? Did you deliver what you set out to? And once it was over, did your team reflect, or did you move straight to the next thing?
A systematic method for managing your projects can set up your team for useful epiphanies at every step. In the end, it can help you to create better deliverables ...
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