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Posts tagged: experimentation

Learnings

We learn different things from following instructions than we do from guessing, experimenting, and observing.

Pick ways to fail affordably

Photo: gilles chiroleu About halfway between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, off the west side of I-25, stands someone’s great idea that didn’t make it. Originally designed as an outlet mall, it failed to attract enough customers and was bought up by a Native American group that renamed it “Traditions!” and restyled it as one-stop shopping for […]

On failing well

Photo: woodleywonderworks It’s important to have a good relationship with failing. Since failing is not an objective, external fact, but rather an interpretation we make, it turns out there is an art to failing. And like any art, doing it well takes practice. Let’s say you’ve got a great idea. It’s a really great idea, and you […]