Spectacular Failures
Organizational Culture
How Sara Blakely Used Failure to Fuel the Success of Spanx
September 19, 2017Before launching Spanx in 2000, Sara Blakely was not only thoroughly familiar with failure, but enthusiastically embraced it as a path to her success.
Organizational Culture
What We Can Learn from Elon Musk’s Unbalanced Ratio of Failures to Successes
September 19, 2017Elon Musk is one of the world’s hottest CEOs for one of the coolest companies, but the Tesla CEO’s résumé is overflowing with setbacks we can learn from.
Organizational Culture
What Alibaba’s Jack Ma Learned from Forrest Gump
September 19, 2017Jack Ma racked up more failures in his early years than his favorite film, Forrest Gump, did accolades. But to him, the only sign of failure is giving up.