The Economist dissects the meaning of failure
Shirley Tilghman from PopTech on Vimeo.
In exploring the theme of PopTech’s 2010 conference, “Brilliant Accidents, Necessary Failures, and Improbable Breakthroughs,” we turned to our friends at The Economist, who conducted interviews on the subject at their Ideas Economy conference.
Ten presenters, including John Maeda, Shirley Tilghman, and Stephen Pinker, were asked to describe the role failure plays in their innovation process. Award-winning Economist correspondent Vijay Vaitheeswaran introduced the series from the stage at PopTech. Check out all the videos, and visit The Economist’s new online ideas forum, the Ideas Economy, for more.
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<p>The <span class="caps">RSA</span> has a relevant piece you should review. It can be seen at <a href="http://www.thersa.org/events/vision/vision-videos/kathryn-schulz">http://www.thersa.org/events/vision/vision-videos/kathryn-schulz</a> and, along with many of the <span class="caps">RSA</span> speakers Shultz is graceful and cogent in her examination of mistakes.</p>
<p>Fine Regards,<br />
Joshua</p>
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