Failure is the f-word of international development. Unspoken in polite company, but a reality in our work. We’re often in market failure environments, so who are we to expect success 100% of the time? That’s why we had Fail Festival DC 2013. We are on a mission to make failure acceptable in development discussions. There … Continue reading Fail Festival DC 2013
Tessie San Martin, CEO, Plan International USA, presenting at Fail Festival DC.
Wade Channell, USAID, talking about Paternalist Anonymous at Fail Festival DC.
Fail Faire DC was back for another year of celebrating failure as a mark of innovation and risk-taking. We had have great speakers with fun, fast, Ignite-style presentations of their professional failures. Audience participation was not only encouraged, it was mandatory! We are all peers and none of us is perfect. We had much laughter … Continue reading Fail Faire DC 2012
Fail Faire UK 2012 was a real celebration of failure as a mark of innovation and risk-taking in international development. We had great speakers with fun, fast, Ignite-style presentations of their professional failures. Audience participation was not only encouraged, it was mandatory! We are all peers and none of us is perfect. We had much … Continue reading Fail Faire UK 2012