Facilitating discovery is the essence of education. A couple of years ago, I attended a school concert where our grandson was participating. All the children robed in fancy costumes were trotted out onto the stage where they performed some steps which were badly choreographed, poorly synchronised and badly guided and then trotted back off the stage. To be fair to the school, our grandson is somewhat like me, not musically or artistically inclined but intellectually, scientifically and...

Making mistakes causes friction, and friction leads to learning. Acting on that learning is experience. Friction causes dissonance. That is why we avoid experimentation and mistakes, but mistakes occur even when we do not want them. Leaders want innovation, but most of them and their organisations rarely forgive mistakes. This is why, in addition to trying to make processes and approaches foolproof, leaders should actively seize opportunities to learn from mistakes by creating a suitable...

Ever since I can remember, I have been told, instructed and guided, "Harder, Faster, More, More, More; Go, Go, Go .... So I did exactly that, struggling through each phase of life. I was told that only by pushing myself would I get a good job and earn more, without which I would not be stable and unable to settle down. As I advanced, the greater was the stress. The promise of happiness and peace remained elusive. There was always another milestone to cross before I could finally 'live'....