What’s in a word? Failure by any other name would be defeat. Is it the weight we give certain words, the context or the negative connotation with which they’re addressed? Does someone have the right ...

Corrected: A previous version of this essay included a misspelling of Amy C. Edmondson’s name. The best teachers create classrooms where students understand that making mistakes and even experiencing ...

Failure can be a student’s best teacher—but only if educators know how to use it. “In the past, much of how we designed for learning and growth was without failure altogether. Then people started ...

Failure is fashionable. It’s a poor conference or meeting that doesn’t have someone celebrating the delights of failure and its improving lessons. "Fail Fast" is a popular business mantra, and many a ...

There’s a stigma against failure. Beliefs that “It can’t happen to me.” “It shouldn’t.” “It won’t.” It does. No matter who you are, what you do, how you do it, where you do it — failure is waiting.

At one time or another, every leader will experience some degree of professional failure. While the experience can be disappointing or frustrating, it can also serve as a powerful teacher, imparting ...

Steve Murphy is the CEO of Epicor, a global leader providing flexible, industry-specific software designed around its customers' needs. Do you want to build a successful career in business? Then, ...

We all want to better ourselves, but learning how isn't always easy. For women, it often starts with learning lessons around ...

We humans don’t learn as easily as we should. We learn better from direct experience than from others. And we learn better from failure than from success. Why is that? What exactly do we learn after ...

In the world of professional sports, failure isn’t just a possibility; it’s a guarantee. The best athletes I’ve seen during my 15-year career in professional sports understand that success is not the ...