From the course: Enhancing Team Innovation
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Innovating, failing, and thriving as a team
From the course: Enhancing Team Innovation
Innovating, failing, and thriving as a team
- Thomas Edison famously stated, "I've not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that don't work." Often, the stigma of not achieving success or the fear of failure can hold people back when it comes to innovation. But actually, if you view the whole process as an experimental phase where you'll definitely come across challenges, make mistakes, and perhaps even fail, you'll start to become more comfortable with the experimental process. Throughout the innovation process, you'll learn so much from testing ideas and approaches, reviewing progress, and measuring impact. This learning is invaluable, but the chances of the entire journey being smooth sailing and obstacle-free are very slim. So, if you want to enhance innovation as a team, you need to build an element of psychological safety and reduce the stigma associated with making mistakes or failing. Psychological safety refers to trust within a team that each member of the team is safe from judgment and won't be punished if they make…
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