Would you say that your company has a 'safe to fail' environment that allows your teams to take bold risks to try and innovate and lead in the market? How does your team or overall organization treat and look at failures? In my experience, companies do not do a good job of creating safe spaces to do this.

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Even when a company desires a "safe to fail" environment, it cannot control subconscious behavior.

For example, suppose you take a risk and pursue an innovative idea (at company expense). Suppose you fail. Now what?

You might not get fired, but what about the unspoken subconscious thoughts in the back of a decision maker's mind? For example, one person succeeded when taking a risk, while another person failed. Who gets the promotion?

Once you have egg on your face, things are iffy, especially if you spent the company's money on a failed endeavor. If you have more than one egg on your face, the uppity-ups may view you as a "failure" regarding future opportunities, regardless of a "safe to fail" environment.

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High risk and high reward is how I look at it. We are given safety when things succeed, not so much when they fail. From a company perspective, I appreciate that there can only be so many failures, but I’d rather that be more transparent.

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