tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249173192011-04-21T14:25:57.828-07:00for risk takers about risk takers by risk takersgChameleonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12472187680366693999noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24917319.post-1158013238302687222006-09-11T16:11:00.000-07:002006-09-11T15:20:38.316-07:00in honor of the risk takers who lost their lives five years ago today, watch <a href="http://www.buildthememorial.org/v2/movies/comm60sec.wmv">this</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24917319-115801323830268722?l=takerisks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>gChameleonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12472187680366693999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24917319.post-1154021503222246162006-08-01T11:11:00.000-07:002006-07-27T10:41:48.543-07:00<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_28/b3992001.htm">how failure breeds success</a><br /><br />you will see some failures. as we take more risks, this is something we must accept as part of the regeneration process.<br /><br />innovation requires risk-taking.<br /><br />failure is not a bad thing.<br /><br />explore. experiment. foul up, sometimes. then repeat.<br /><br />intelligent failures--those that happen early and inexpensively and that contribute new insights about customers--should be more than just tolerable. they should be encouraged.<br /><br />figuring out how to master this process of failing fast and failing cheap and fumbling toward success is probably the most important thing companies have to get good at.<br /><br />people may fear failure, but they fear the consequences of it even more. the performance culture really is in deep conflict with the learning culture.<br /><br />failure parties are a way of recognizing that it's part of the creative process. <br /><br />tt's only a failure if we fail to get the learning.<br /><br />if top executives are accepting, people will embrace risk. But if managers react harshly, people will retreat from it.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24917319-115402150322224616?l=takerisks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>gChameleonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12472187680366693999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24917319.post-1143573542329437682006-03-28T11:11:00.000-08:002006-03-28T11:59:57.966-08:00is to stop talking and start writing.<br /><br />so here i go.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24917319-114357354232943768?l=takerisks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>gChameleonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12472187680366693999noreply@blogger.com0