Learn & Adapt
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These resources will help you to identify and learn from concerns, near misses, and failures related to sustainability and to develop and share proactive and adaptive systems for future success.
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Fail Better: Design Smart Mistakes and Succeed Sooner
Usable knowledge for learning from mistakes is hard to come by. However, planning for iteration may lead to failures that are "small scale and early, rather than late and large." Part I of this book uses a number of stories to introduce a data-driven approach to learning from failure. Parts II and III serve as a field guide for reflecting on a current project or planning for an upcoming initiative. It was written by Anjali Sastry, from the MIT Sloan School of Management, and Kara Penn is from Mission Spark, a social enterprise consultancy.
Confessing and Celebrating Failure as a Path to Successful Sustainability Strategies
In this article, Carol Cone reflects on a panel discussion from the Sustainable Brands ’16 San Diego Conference. At this conference, Cone lead a discussion around the topic of failure in the world of sustainability. The panel included industry leaders such as JetBlue Airways, The Nature Conservancy, Nestlé Waters, Keurig Green Mountain and the National Hockey League. Touching on themes of communication, culture, and connection, Cone summarizes key learnings from failure that these companies have experienced.
Failing to Learn and Learning to Fail (Intelligently): How Great Organizations Put Failure to Work to Innovate and Improve
Every organisation experiences failure, but too few leverage the experience and related learning for future success. This comprehensive paper identifies systemic social and technical barriers that prevent intelligent use of failure, and identifies three processes for overcoming them: identifying failure, analyzing failure, and deliberate experimentation. The paper also provides six tangible actions to help you leverage insights from failure to promote innovation and improvement.
Changing the Way We Change the World
This short film will help you to recognise the inconsistencies that may arise between your organisation's external social purpose and the way that purpose is experienced by people inside your organisation on a day-to-day basis. It was developed by Organization Unbound, a global community exploring the relationships, structures, and intentions of social change.
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