At Failure Lab, we embrace a different narrative style—one that intentionally leaves out explicit lessons or morals. This unique storytelling approach offers a profound exploration of personal reflection and connection. Let's delve into how this method not only challenges traditional storytelling but also deepens our engagement with narratives and, ultimately, with ourselves.
Read MoreExplore inspiring tales of renowned brands with Failure Lab, where setbacks prove to be temporary pauses, not permanent stops. Discover how Frito-Lay, Smith & Wesson, Gerber, and others faced failures but emerged stronger. At Failure Lab, we specialize in using compelling personal narratives of failure to cultivate genuine connections and foster personal growth. In our unique space, we believe that failure can be the catalyst for profound change and the foundation for meaningful bonds.
Read MoreIn a world that often celebrates success while overlooking failures, Failure Lab emerges as a beacon of authenticity and connection. For over a decade, Failure Lab has been crafting compelling narratives that inspire genuine connection and personal growth. By embracing the raw and unfiltered stories of failure, Failure Lab creates a space for transformative social experiments, where community empathy and deliberate reflection lead to profound insights and lasting connections.
Read MoreHow do these complicated feelings around failure express themselves in day-to-day life? And why is it important for organizations to consider our cultural fear of failure? Fear of failure is directly tied to perfectionist behaviors, which have been directly correlated to chronic stress and burnout.
Read MoreChronic stress is at epidemic levels. Full stop. There is no spa day or three-day weekend that is the magic bullet to equilibrium. So many of us are grinning and bearing it, pushing forward valiantly, but the truth is that collectively our mental and physical health is suffering, our relationships are strained, and our creativity is stifled. So what can we do?
Read MoreNew Year’s Day is a day of reflection, gratitude, & vision casting. At Failure Lab we have a TON to be grateful for - adaptation, new relationships, doing work that is both impactful AND FUN. Here are a few of our top highlights from a year full of cool shit.
Read More…crowd sourced lessons are a critical part of the “Failure Lab magic.” Because yes, the event is a wonderful, impactful, emotional rollercoaster, but the most important part of a Failure Lab Storytelling Event is what happens AFTER the event. The reflections. The conversations. The continued reflection. The unapologetically human connections. Here are a few of our favorite reflections. Enjoy.
Read MoreWhile we can’t offer you a blanket culture solve in a pithy blog article, here are a few ideas to consider as you work to lift your company's culture & elevate employee engagement in a post-COVID world.
Read MoreWhatever your specific situation, here are a few considerations to mull over as you contemplate your best strategy for getting your employer to invest in your professional development. And because we reeeaallyyy want to set you up for success…keep reading along for a sample of what you can send to your supervisor for your professional training request!
Read MoreCultivating curiosity and learning is one of the most critical components of living a fulfilled and meaningful life. We believe that learning and growth in any area of life improves the quality of life - in all areas. That being said, let’s focus on Professional Development (PD) and why professional development is so important.
Read MoreWe spend so much time worrying about (and trying to avoid) those big failures, that it can be easy to dismiss the (daily) learning opportunity presented by the day to day “baby failures” that kick up the same response.
Read MoreEverything looks different. Work looks different. School looks different. Socializing looks different. In preparation for writing this article, I went back and reread an article that I wrote last summer entitled, “COVID - Shining a Light on Failure Everywhere.” I am here to report that the things I wrote last summer still hold true. Behold, the 6 main points from that article - and look - all still relevant today:
Read MoreOn today’s episode of What We are Reading, we are going to share some of our favorite excerpts from the book Chatter: The Voices in Our Head, Why it Matters, & How to Harness It, by Dr. Ethan Kross. This is not going to be a summary of this book; rather, it will be a compilation of some of our favorite excerpts - we are going for something between Cliff’s Notes and Instagram quote tiles.
Read MoreNew Year’s Day is a day of new beginnings, renewed commitments, and future planning, but how do we muster the energy to put on our New-Year-New-You-Pants when we are stuck in a seemingly endless COVID-loop? The day/week/month/year that seems to be on continuous repeat?
Read MoreThe basic things that we need to recover from discomfort, be it an overly full belly, the consequences of too many glasses of champagne, a heartbreak, a disappointment, an argument, or a failure…….are pretty much the same things.
Read MoreMore Expectations = More Opportunities to Drop a Ball, Fall on Your Face, Feel Like a Failure. I am not trying to be a little brown cloud of doom and gloom - just acknowledging a commonly held truth. Let’s take a few breaths and chat about how to set ourselves up for success for the rest of December.
Read MoreThere’s a lot of super nerdy people working behind the scenes in the strategy and creation of Failure Lab Training. Self-development is OUR LIFE. We legit love this stuff and are constantly consuming anything and everything that the field has to offer on the subject.
Read MoreInstead of focusing on finding the unicorns, perhaps the wiser course of action is to think about what an organization must embody in order to foster loyalty and enthusiasm. If you already have an employee engagement strategy or program, but are not seeing the type of commitment that you would like to see…..what is going wrong?
Read MoreFrom the Cosmo or Men’s Health magazine quizzes of our collective youths to the Meyers-Briggs test that they make us take at work, learning about how people (ourselves included) think, process information, do the things they do, and what makes them tick is useful and fascinating.
Read MoreCOVID has forced us to take a look at how we define failure. Failure is, by its nature, a relative concept. Most people will define it based around a set of expectations that isn’t met. But what happens when a borage of things (like a global pandemic) outside of your control impact your previously set expectations?
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