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The importance of
Failure
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Thomas Edison
Ideation Imagine, conceive; form ideas
Innovation
Thomas Edison
Innovation
3rd most prolific inventor - 1,093 patents
Worldʼs biggest failure?
More failures recorded than anyone.
Over 3 million pages in his journals recording his experiments and design ʻfailuresʼ and ʻsuccessesʼ.
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Thomas Edison
4,097 US patents
Kia SilverbrookInnovation
9,042 International patents
Most prolific inventor in the world
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Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration
(Thomas Edison)
The importance of trying...
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(Thomas Edison)
If I find 10,000 ways something won’t work, I haven’t failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
The importance of trying...
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The importance of trying...
Fail early and fail often in order to succeed sooner.
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If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.
(Thomas J Watson
President IBM)
The importance of valuing trying...
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I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.
(Thomas J Watson)
(President IBM)
The famous 1943 alleged statment:
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THINKTM
THINK - trademarked in 1935 “this word is on the most conspicuous wall of every room in every IBM building. Each employee carries a THINK notebook in which to record inspirations”
The importance of valuing trying...
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The importance of backing yourself ...
Public Fax MachineSponsored by Pitney Bowes
Making use of CT2 technology and the use of the ISDN system, this fax machine permits its users to send and receive faxes anywhere in the world by inserting their personal CardFax card. This received a High Commendation in the Communications and Information Technology Sector of the RSA Student Design Awards and was subsequently exhibited in London’s Design Museum and at various sites in the UK on a touring exhibition.
RSA STUDENT DESIGN AWARDS
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The importance of backing yourself ...
Public Fax MachineSponsored by Pitney Bowes
Making use of CT2 technology and the use of the ISDN system, this fax machine permits its users to send and receive faxes anywhere in the world by inserting their personal CardFax card. This received a High Commendation in the Communications and Information Technology Sector of the RSA Student Design Awards and was subsequently exhibited in London’s Design Museum and at various sites in the UK on a touring exhibition.
RSA STUDENT DESIGN AWARDSmy idea:
• pressed aluminium shell• papier mache covering
lecturer said:
no - unproven ... go with injection moulded ABS
the winner:
• pressed aluminium shell• papier mache covering
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What I learned:
take risks - don’t be afraid of failingask for help
I consider asking for help a sign not of weakness but of self-confidence
(Larry Bossidy)
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What I learned:• take risks - don’t be afraid of failing• ask for help• persevere ... and prove your idea• don’t be so timid• comfort isn’t always a good thing ... get out of your comfort zone• discover your own limits ... if you don’t try, you won’t know• you’re responsible for yourself ... others will often help though• my maxim: so long as I’m learning
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The importance of backing yourself ...
Public Fax MachineSponsored by Pitney Bowes
Making use of CT2 technology and the use of the ISDN system, this fax machine permits its users to send and receive faxes anywhere in the world by inserting their personal CardFax card. This received a High Commendation in the Communications and Information Technology Sector of the RSA Student Design Awards and was subsequently exhibited in London’s Design Museum and at various sites in the UK on a touring exhibition.
RSA STUDENT DESIGN AWARDS National / GlobalX25 BackboneNetwork Cloud
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The importance of backing yourself ...
Public Fax MachineSponsored by Pitney Bowes
Making use of CT2 technology and the use of the ISDN system, this fax machine permits its users to send and receive faxes anywhere in the world by inserting their personal CardFax card. This received a High Commendation in the Communications and Information Technology Sector of the RSA Student Design Awards and was subsequently exhibited in London’s Design Museum and at various sites in the UK on a touring exhibition.
RSA STUDENT DESIGN AWARDS
Clive Grinyer Jonathan Ive
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Jonathan Ive and Steve Jobs
The importance of believing in yourself ...
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Jonathan Ive and Steve Jobs
The importance of believing in yourself ...
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The importance of believing in yourself ...
From Apple
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The importance of believing in yourself ...
From Apple To NeXT
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Proposed: March 1989
Innovation
1st success: 25 December 1990
Tim Berners-Lee
www
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Proposed: March 1989
Innovation
1st success: 25 December 1990
Tim Berners-Lee
(Tim Berners-Lee)
// There you go, it seemed like a good idea at the time
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The importance of believing in yourself ...
To Pixar
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The importance of believing in yourself ...
To Apple again ...
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Innovation
We do what others don’t Masaru Ibuka, Co-Founder of Sony
The importance of believing in yourself ...
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Nothing is more important or beneficial for individuals or organizations than screwing up
(Tom Peters)
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The importance of imagination
To nurture the child in each of us
Ole Kirk Christiansen
lost his job during the depression ... started making wooden toys to make a living
leg godt = Danish for play welllego = ‘I put together’ in Latin
factory burnt down in 1942 - rebuilt ... 1947 - used plastics
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Imagination underpins every uniquely human achievement. Imagination led us from caves to cities, from bone clubs to golf clubs, from carrion to cuisine, and from superstition to science
(Ken Robinson)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U
The importance of imagination ... and the failure of education
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Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss
(Douglas Adams)
The importance of letting go ...
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1st Australian Red Bull Flugtag
The importance of letting go ...
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Leonardo Da Vinci
The importance of observation ...
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The importance of learning from mistakes ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMhdksPFhCM
pioneers of early flight
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InnovationLearning from mistakes
The importance of learning from mistakes ...
de Havilland DH 106 Comet - first commercial jet liner Concord - first supersonic commercial jet liner
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Learning from mistakes
Tacoma Narrows Bridge
The importance of learning from mistakes ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zczJXSxnw
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Failure isn’t falling down. It’s staying down
(Steve Hogarth)
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Project SAPPHO•The responsible individuals in the successes were
usually more senior and had more authority (i.e., characteristics of management).
•Successes paid more attention to marketing and publicity.
•Successful innovators had a better understanding of user needs.
•Successes performed development more efficiently (but not necessary more quickly).
•Successes made more use of outside technology and advice (i.e., more communication).R. Rothwell, C. Freeman, A. Horlsey, V. T. P. Jervis, A. B. Robertson, J. Townsend (1974) SAPPHO updated - project SAPPHO phase II.
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My play was a complete success. The audience was a failure
(Ashleigh Brilliant)
The importance of markets ...
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(www.ashleighhbrilliant.com)
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Apparent failure may hold in its rough shell the germs of a success that will blossom in time, and bear fruit throughout eternity
(Frances Watkins Harper)
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Innovation1968: Chemist, Dr Spencer Silver, develops a low tack adhesive
It took five years of promoting the idea at 3M, before a colleague, Art Fry, thought of using the adhesive to keep his bookmark in his hymnbook
1977: 3M launched the product named “Press ‘n Peel”- Dissapointing results
1978: 3M gave free samples to people - 95% said they would buy the product
1980: Post-It Notes launched in USA - worldwide in 1981
The importance of timing ...
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Innovation
To be the most innovative enterprise in the world
The importance of timing ...
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Faliure is relative. It’s relative to the perspective of the judge. It’s relative to time. It’s relative to the moment in time - a moment in the process, in the project, in the life - that is arbitrarily frozen and extracted and weighed in the scale of whim
(David Barringer)
Barringer, D. (2008), “Failure Is an Occasion for Mixing Metaphors” in Heller, S. (ed) Design Disasters: Great Designers, Fabulous Failures & Lessons Learned, Allenworth Press: New York, pp44-49
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Every exit is an entry somewhere else
(Tom Stoppard)
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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor
(Truman Capote)
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Thank you