Posts Tagged ‘Failure’

186 – Never give up – Jack Ma

Posted by  Anecdote International —June 15, 2023
Filed in Anecdotes, Podcast

The beauty and power of persistence. This is the story of Jack Ma told by Vika Abromova, the country head of Mars Poland. It’s another business story to tell.

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159 – Try and try and try again

Posted by  Anecdote International —September 6, 2022
Filed in Anecdotes, Podcast

If you truly care about your idea and persist with it, you won’t need every available resource or qualification to innovate. Listen to hear the story behind the Wright brothers’ first flight.

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141 – Rocket science propelling librarians

When you build a workplace culture that allows mistakes to be discussed, you ensure they won’t be repeated. Listen to hear how a jet propulsion laboratory owns its failures and fosters a learning culture.

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046 – Work the plan and work with the people

Posted by  Anecdote International —August 26, 2019
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling, Podcast

In this episode of the Storytelling Podcast, Luke Brown explains how even if everything is planned to perfection, people are always an unknowable variable.

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043 – Show amazing grace to your audience

Posted by  Anecdote International —June 20, 2019
Filed in Business storytelling, Podcast

What do you do when the biggest night of your professional career doesn’t go as planned? Well, if you’re lucky, President Obama is in the room to help.

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032 – Dyson innovation really sucks

Posted by  Anecdote International —October 30, 2018
Filed in Business storytelling, Podcast

The story of how James Dyson designed and produced the first bagless vacuum cleaner is one of perseverance and iteration. Find out more in this podcast.

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Acts of leadership humanity – mistakes are not always failures

Posted by  Mark Schenk —October 14, 2014
Filed in Anecdotes, Leadership Posts

Shawn’s post last week got us sharing some of the great examples of small acts of leadership that demonstrate humanity and which make a difference. …

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