How do we learn to fail? Lessons from Target and Wimbledon High School.
How do we learn how to fail? I know this sounds like a ridiculous question, we don’t need to “know” how to fail because it just happens. We start with a plan or idea and it could be any plan really:...
View ArticleEducation Is Certainly a System So Why Don’t We Measure Student Satisfaction?
This morning there was a great article from MPR reporter Tom Robertson that touched on how the elimination of shop class in high schools is seen as a contributor to decline in skilled manufacturing...
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Drama in Academia This Week… Just How Important Is Disruptive Innovation?
Are we ready for a new twist on reality TV? What if we moved benign academic tussles to a new full-contact arena? We could call it the “Ph.D. Cage Match.” Not likely but I have to admit truthfully that...
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Former Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak Discusses Government, Innovation and the...
Last year I began writing an online column for Pollen titled Facing Failure as an effort to spark a discussion on the importance of failure in driving innovation in the non-profit, education, and...
View ArticleFailure Forums: Interview with Geek Squad Founder Robert Stephens on Risk,...
We hear it so often that it has become cliché. Small companies are nimble and move quickly where as large companies can muster significant resources but are slow to respond to emerging threats and...
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