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- BionicBeefpile, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Anybody who is trained in science (as opposed to business) will probably respond to this article with a resounding "duh". Anyone who's done lab work understands that you fail all the time, but you learn a little bit from each experiment that doesn't work out, and you apply that to the next experiment. Eventually, all those little bits of learning come together to generate a big new discovery that wouldn't have been possible without them.
You can't just expect (as a company) to go from one wildly popular product to the next every time. I think Google probably is the most visibly company to embrace an understanding of this, with the "20% do what you want" time that they give to their employees to experiment. - GreenLantern33, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6This is a pretty good article, however I think business week should be ashamed at the number of ads I had to wade through to read it.
I mean that is just sad. - jramos, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Adblock is your friend...
- Dracker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Good old trial and error.
- darkroastbeans, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Failure is a means of reducing the number of perceived possible paths to success.
- Quash, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Allowing failure does, indeed, breed a culture of success. Allowing only for success breeds a risk-adverse culture that ultimately leads to mediocrity.
Every company needs to determine its "Portfolio of Risk." It needs to manage risk by accepting it as a healthy component of any strong company. Project A and Project C may be low risk, so setting up a high risk Project B and understanding it may completely fail may be acceptable, as you have A and C to buffer you. You can analyze your downside, determine an acceptable level of loss and decide when you'll pull the plug and move on.
By accepting failure you can plan for it rather than put your head in the sand. Allowing people to fail nurtures creativity and facilitates innovation. - vhold, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Holy animating ads batman.
- chervianne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1it's amazing how such a simple concept (isn't this how we all learned growing up?) gets turned into a personal phobia but also a corporate phobia: fear of failure!
- Daedalus81, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Its sad that my company is trying to apply Six Sigma to a contact center. Its the new thing to do in corporate America and its possing me off.
- k-dogg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1For more on the value of Failure, see:
http://failuremag.com/ - TexasKoz, on 10/25/2008, -0/+1I am using Firefox as a browser along with a Flash Block as an add in. No Flash ads unless I click on them to view....YEAH!!!
- TexasKoz, on 10/25/2008, -0/+1The object of Six Sigma is to improve but it fails more often than it succeeds. The time wasted doing a project under the six sigma outline is remarkably high. The turn-around time on a product increases 15 to 20% and the cost of the product increases as well (15% to 20%) Years ago, we had results and no processes and everything was bad. Today, thanks to six sigma, we have processes and NO results and things are just peachy. Now GEICO insurance in considering applying six sigma principals to its business model. Stand by and let us see how much their costs increase over the next few quarters.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Some failure does not breed enough success to make up for it's failure *cough cough* Every decision George Bush has ever made *cough cough*
- PMAlliance, on 02/12/2009, -0/+0<a href="http://www.pm-alliance.com"> Project Management Consulting</a>
- satanatnmtedu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The objective of six sigma is to improve. If you use stats to help you improve, then you are ahead of those who rely on simple trial and error. Six sigma is a good thing, but it is hard to understand it and do it right.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Holy *****, I thought "six sigma" was just a farce made up by Scott Adams in his cartoon where his character dogbert becaomes a corporate efficency expert. People actually swallowed that in real life?
Oy. - Mrkamikaze, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Some failure breeds death via stupidity this ultimatly benifits the human race.
- avhell, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0What is with those ads on that page?? For fun I took a look at the page w/o Adblock turned on.
http://img434.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bw5mq.gif
Look at the difference it made! - bgii2000, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3duh
- soupnrc, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Holy awesome firefox extensions blocking advertisements for me... w00t
- SIDSI, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1 duh
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