(Source: National Post Business)

Is the fear of failing hampering your organization from innovating? Many organizations tend to become more rigid as they grow, minimizing risk to avoid making ‘mistakes’.

But remember:

There is no such thing as perfect. If a culture of perfection is prevalent within your organization, you are doing more harm than good. Innovative success seldom occurs without failure. Experiments in various fields have failure built into them so that all possible wrongs can be cancelled to achieve the desired right. And sometimes a surprise outcome may exceed your expectations. But none of this will happen if failure in the work-flow is discouraged. Don’t cling to the past because it’s how you’ve always done it. Try something new and if you fail, learn, modify, build, and grow.

There is no such thing as failure. Failing is perspective. Failures are just stepping stones toward getting it right. But if you don’t step out and take that risk, you will never move forward. So welcome it, build it into your culture, and encourage more risk taking.

“There is no failure. Only feedback.” ~ Robert Allen