{"id":1001,"date":"2012-09-26T18:16:24","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T18:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agilepartnership.com\/?p=1001"},"modified":"2012-09-26T18:16:24","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T18:16:24","slug":"the-right-to-fail-and-the-unacceptable-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev2.agilepartnership.com\/fr\/the-right-to-fail-and-the-unacceptable-alternative\/","title":{"rendered":"The right to fail and the unacceptable alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Every now and then I’m confronted with a manager who is profoundly against the idea of a team’s or individual’s right to fail. A few years ago, I’d be taken aback by such a stance and react in a very nonconstructive way. Today, with a some experience, desensitizing, professional distance and a lot of coaching, I simply ask the question : What’s the alternative?<\/span><\/p>\n

If management\u2019s overall message is \u201cfailing is not an option\u201d or “no mistakes will be tolerated”, two things will happen:<\/span><\/p>\n

1- The team will not fail<\/strong><\/address>\n
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  • Reality will be adjusted to expose success <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • The team will successfully follow The Process<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • The team do exactly what we tell them to do<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Conservatism will reign and rul<\/span><\/span><\/span>e<\/span>
    \n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    2- The team will fail anyways<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/address>\n
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    • Reality always happens. Even if you order it not to<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • The Process will succeed but the solution will fail<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • …because the team did exactly what we told them to do<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Complex problems requiring creative thinking will be conservatively patched<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

       <\/p>\n

      So I ask again…What’s the alternative?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

       <\/p>\n

       <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Every now and then I’m confronted with a manager who is profoundly against the idea of a team’s or individual’s right to fail. A few years ago, I’d be taken aback by such a stance and react in a very nonconstructive way. Today, with a some experience, desensitizing, professional distance and a lot of coaching, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t