Fail Festivals can be a fun addition to a conference or event, or can be a great internal team-building exercise to showcase how a community or organization is embracing innovation and it’s inherent risk as they scale ideas from pilots to global impact. You can organize your own Fail Festival or get professional help for … Continue reading Organize
“Failure” is the F-word Can you admit your failures? Could you stand up in front of your peers and say “I am a failure”? I doubt it. Few of us like to openly admit we fail. Yet we all do – in small ways on a daily basis and in big, embarrassing, cry in the … Continue reading Why
For many years, I’ve focused on in-person Fail Festival sessions. Either as big events onto themselves, or as the keynote presentation in an annual conference or signature event. I love the humanity of connecting presenters to their audience in real life with every participant feeling a keen sense of connection with the speakers and each … Continue reading Learning from Failure Virtually – Online via Zoom
It’s time for a Fail Festival – a celebration of failure as a mark of leadership and innovation in pushing the boundaries of what is possible and profitable. The 10th Annual Small Business Leadership Conference, presented by the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship, part of the Florida State University College of Business, is on … Continue reading Small Business Owners Learning from Fail Festival SBLC 2021
Bob Thornton, partner at O’Donnell Impact Windows & Storm Protection, presenting at Small Business Leadership Conference