Fear of Failing FastHow to Avoid Sabotaging Your Success

Leslie HawthornDevOpsDays Amsterdam 2015

@lhawthorn

Apollo 13

No one from the Apollo 13 Mission

or NASA was known to utter

these words.

So if we all know these things…

Why is it still so hard?

MAF: Micromanagement in Avoidance of Failure

Only Setting Goals You Know You Can Achieve

Avoiding discussions of failure entirely ….

Or only when exhorting to push forward to victory!

A Few Ways to Do It Better

Failing the Right Way

Celebrate What You Learned By Failing

Failure + Learning from It =

Integral Part of Team Goals & HR Review Process

I liked….

I wish….

I wonder….

Measuring the Impact of Failing to Fail

Own your mistakes - it gets easier with practice!

Thank you!hank you

Leslie HawthornDevOpsDays Amsterdam 2015

@lhawthorn

The Legal Bits

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Photo Credits• Apollo 13 Capsule: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jopoe/3111916954/

• Failure is not an option tee: http://www.truffleshuffle.co.uk/store/ladies-blue-failure-is-not-an-option-nasa-tshirt-p-6261.html (considered fair use)

• Failure is a requirement: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kjarrett/8063226488/

• Team with microscopes: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zeissmicro/8864950302/

• Stretching is good: https://www.flickr.com/photos/activefree/1175037582/

• Company meeting: https://www.flickr.com/photos/quazie/3910922714/

• Fireworks: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jopoe/3111916954/

• Team: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bibendum84/5483569272/

• Dandelion wish: https://www.flickr.com/photos/8047705@N02/5572197407/

• Reward: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jakerust/16827374355/

• Einstein Quote: https://www.flickr.com/photos/celestinechua/10417682004/

• Lunch basket: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nillanilzon/15742207083/