Confidence & Skills · 15 min · Ages 16–24 (suggested)
You're Allowed to Get It Wrong: Why Failure Is Not the Opposite of Progress
Kristen Davies
Kristen Davies explains why mistakes are an essential part of learning rather than the opposite of progress. She shares an unconventional route into technology leadership and a serious workplace error that became an opportunity to improve how a team communicated and worked.
Key moments
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Behind every impressive CV is a hidden story of mistakes
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Failing well means recovering, reflecting and trying again
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Keep a failure CV to turn setbacks into evidence of growth
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- BM4
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