Culture Hack: The “Fail Wheel”
by Elizabeth Weil, Managing Partner, Scribble VC
This is #6 of 8 “flash content drops” in collaboration with MOMA artist & entrepreneur Paul Budnitz (CEO, Superplastic). We cover The 3 Types of Intelligence, the Future of NFTs, the “Creator Brain”, and How to Stoke Risk-Taking. You can follow me on twitter to get them.
(p.s. SUPERPLASTIC IS HIRING! If you want to join a rocketship or know someone who should, Superplastic is hiring a Director of Marketing, a Marketing Manager, and a Paid Media Specialist.)
“It’s a false dichotomy to say “fail fast”, but then not do something to train everyone’s brain that failing is a positive.” — Paul Budnitz, Founder & CEO, Superplastic
- I have this wheel. And if you screw up and you admit that you screwed up, you’re not allowed to make any excuses.
- You have to take full responsibility. You have to say you screwed up and then you have to apologize for it to everybody.
- If you do all those things with great cheer, you get an awesome prize.
- We do it all the time. And I spin it all the time because I screw up more than anyone else.
- I encourage people to take responsibility for f**k ups they didn’t even make, too.
- It’s a false dichotomy to say “fail fast”, but then not do something to train everyone’s brain that this is a positive.
- Culture is not what you say. It is what you do.
- So ask yourself — what are you **doing** (not just saying) to celebrate failure in your startup?
Stay Tuned → Coming up at 7am tomorrow — Consensus vs. Democracy in Companies (2 min read). Follow Elizabeth on Twitter to get this content drop.
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