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The Wisdom of Failure: CGI U 2012 Plenary Session The Wisdom of Failure: Building a Culture of Creative Problem Solving Failure is fundamental to the process of innovation: businesses and organizations thrive on cycles of trial and error, research and development, and creative destruction. When it comes to developing the next generation of vaccines, transportation systems, or mobile phone applications, knowing what might work often requires knowing what doesn't work and why. Yet all too often, students, universities, and countless organizations find themselves trapped in a success-at-all-costs culture, with too few opportunities for the failure and experimentation that ultimately leads to innovation. How can we embrace failure as both a necessary part of the entrepreneurial and design process and as a critical element for ongoing accountability and transparency in our work? Panelists from a wide diversity of sectors and expertise will share not only some of their most educational failures, but how initial failure led to future success. Moderator: Kathryn Schulz, Book Critic, New York Magazine; Author, Being Wrong: Adventure in Margin of Error Participants: Robin Chase, Founder and CEO, Buzzcar Cheryl Dorsey, President, Echoing Green Ashifi Gogo, Chief Executive Officer, Sproxil Biz Stone, Co-founder, Twitter; Chief Creative Officer, Obvious Corporation From: CGIVideos Views: 73 0 ratings Time: 52:09 More in Nonprofits & Activism