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6mins
Perception Box
The art and science of failing well
There’s bad failure — the kind we ignore or hide — and good failure, which becomes data for future progress. Three experts discuss how to tell the difference.
Tim Harford, Tal Ben-Shahar & Robert Sutton
Unlikely Collaborators
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7mins
The Big Think Interview
It doesn’t matter if you fail. It matters how you fail. 
There are three kinds of failure. Only one can help you have a better shot of succeeding in the future. A Harvard business professor explains.
Amy Edmondson
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