{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"From A People Perspective","title":"Failing and Failing Forward with Ashley Good, Founder and CEO of Fail Forward","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4353,"description":"Ashley Good, CEO and founder of Fail Forward, discusses the importance of embracing failure and creating a healthy relationship with it. She shares her personal journey and the inspiration behind starting Fail Forward.TakeawaysFailure is a natural part of life and should be embraced as a learning opportunity.Creating a healthy relationship with failure involves destigmatizing it and having open conversations about it.Organizations need to shift their mindset and embrace risk and innovation in order to adapt to a rapidly changing world.Embrace failure as a learning opportunity and create a culture that allows for open discussions about what didn't work.Focus on the small things that you have control over and gradually build the skill of killing low-value work.Challenge the bias towards constantly being busy and prioritize the right things over doing things right.Develop a healthy relationship with failure by practicing self-compassion and giving yourself grace.Chapters(00:00) Introduction and Door Number C(03:00) Aliens and Favorite Albums(06:01) The Importance of Failure(10:11) Grocery Bag Indulgences(13:32) Ashley's Journey and the Birth of Fail Forward(23:30) Selling Failure as a Business(27:26) Why Failure is Hard for Us(31:20) The Importance of Learning from Failure(35:09) The Momentum Around Failure(36:37) Saying No to Low-Value Work(37:39) Embracing Failure as a Learning Opportunity(41:45) Killing Projects and the Value of Retrospectives(50:57) Challenges of Work-Life Balance and the Pressure to be Busy(01:13:31) The Importance of Self-Compassion in the Face of Failure","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ni-BThOV-Ad4v1SMMY-IFxsbc3ywAh9UfqX6gLhEO38/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM5MDUyLzE2NzY5/ODAwNDctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}