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→
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→