From 0ced2fc3ad16491a925e201bda882573d0c5feac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexandre Dulaunoy Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2017 11:21:48 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Embracing failures idea --- embracing-failures.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 embracing-failures.md diff --git a/embracing-failures.md b/embracing-failures.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c2526b3 --- /dev/null +++ b/embracing-failures.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +# Embracing failures + +While doing a discussion with another team in the incident response field, they asked us what is working great +in our team and what is a success. But we cannot easily find the great magical things which work for us as a team. +We did list to them a large number of failures or even embarrassing stories that didn't work out for us. + +Out of this discussion, we can safely said that the most successful approach is to **embrace failures**. + +We didn't want to theorize everything we do. But this embracing failures seem to be in-line like the [fail-fast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail-fast) +system design or even the various startups *fail better* strategies. + +> All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. +> +> -- Samuel Beckett + +## References + +* [A fun and fabulous take on the art of making mistakes. Erik Kessels celebrates imperfection and failure and shows why they are an essential part of the creative process.](http://de.phaidon.com/store/general-non-fiction/failed-it-9780714871196/)