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FLC Mid-Continent Region Innovate on Purpose InnovationTools.com: The world's largest and most trusted innovation website Why Failure Drives Innovation | Stanford Knowledgebase This essay was written by Baba Shiv, Sanwa Bank, Ltd. Professor of Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business Failure is a dreaded concept for most business people. But failure can actually be a huge engine of innovation for an individual or an organization. The trick lies in approaching it with the right attitude and harnessing it as a blessing, not a curse. I’ve coined two terms that describe how people view failure: the type 1 mindset, and the type 2 mindset. The type 1 mindset is fearful of making mistakes. The type 2 mindset is fearful of losing out on opportunities. We generally start out with the type 2 adventurous spirit as children. So how do you get people and corporations to shift from 1 to 2? One approach is to engage them in rapid prototyping — the process whereby they brainstorm wild new ideas, and then quickly develop a physical model or mock-up of a solution. To make inspiration work as a motivator, take a look at Cisco Systems. Also on Stanford Knowledgebase:
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