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My slides from Seattle Code Camp

Fail Safe, Fail Smart, Succeed

It was great speaking in Seattle once again. This is an updated version of my earlier talk on failure. Failure is critical to innovation. So if you need to fail to innovate, how can you fail in a safe way?

Author kevinPosted on September 16, 2016Categories Culture, Management and Leadership, Software EngineeringTags agile, failure, lean, slide deck, slideshare, talksLeave a comment on My slides from Seattle Code Camp

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revealing Dropbox’s dirty little security hack applehelpwriter.com/2016/07/28/rev… via @philofishal

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tweet: Love this quote about process from “Turn the Ship…

tweet: Love this quote about process from “Turn the Ship…

Love this quote about process from “Turn the Ship Around” by David Marquet https://t.co/9tJvidvfzZ

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tweet: Thanks to #SeattleCodeCamp for a great day!

Thanks to #SeattleCodeCamp for a great day!

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tweet: Ready to drop some knowledge! @justinweiss at #Sea…

tweet: Ready to drop some knowledge! @justinweiss at #Sea…

Ready to drop some knowledge! @justinweiss at #SeattleCodeCamp is getting started https://t.co/OT8etRowVx

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“Managers who don’t know how to measure what they want settle for wanting what they can measure.” – Russell Ackoff #darkmetric thx @bsktcase

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tweet: “Managers who don’t know how to measure what they…

“Managers who don’t know how to measure what they want settle for wanting what they can measure.” – Russell Ackoff #darkmetric thx @baktcase

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tweet: Hasn’t even begun her talk yet and I’ve learned so…

Hasn’t even begun her talk yet and I’ve learned something from @bsktcase, create a hashtag for your talk #SeattleCodeCamp #darkmetric

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tweet: Thanks to those brave early risers who came to my…

Thanks to those brave early risers who came to my talk this morning at #SeattleCodeCamp. Full room! For those that missed it, will post soon

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tweet: “He was able to have the humility to look outside…

“He was able to have the humility to look outside himself, the…” — @tonystubblebine betterhumans.coach.me/a-beautiful-ob… https://t.co/sZi1ip8OGA

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