My Favorite Mistake: Learning Without Blame in Business and Leadership
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From Medicare Fraud to Military Leadership: Learning Accountability After a Career-Defining Mistake (Dr. Josh McConkey)
Dec 15, 202542 min
How a Lab Error Led to an Unnecessary Surgery
Dec 11, 20254 min
Recovering from Workplace Bullying—and What Leaders Often Miss (Andy Regal)
Dec 8, 202557 min
How a Landing Gear Error Was Caught Before Disaster
Dec 4, 20254 min
Why Curiosity Drives Better Leadership (Debra Clary)
Dec 1, 202540 min
From Toxic Culture to Empathic Leadership: Lessons in Empathy and Accountability (Dr. Melissa Robinson-Winemiller)
Nov 24, 202541 min
Why Unlearning Old Habits Is Harder Than Learning New Ones
Nov 20, 20254 min
How 531 Living Patients Were Mistakenly Declared Dead
Nov 13, 20256 min
Looking Back: Katie Anderson & Isao Yoshino on Learning, Leadership, and Mistakes
Oct 27, 202539 min
From the Wrong Business to the Right Voice: Finding Purpose Through Mistakes (Emily Aborn)
Oct 20, 202542 min
When AI Tried to Do Too Much: Lessons on Creativity and Humble Technology — Maya Ackerman
Oct 13, 202543 min
How a Leadership Mistake Taught William Harvey to Build Trust and Psychological Safety
Oct 6, 202547 min
Archives: From Shame to Self-Awareness — A Leadership Transformation with Sabrina Moon
Sep 29, 202536 min
Scaling vs. Scrambling: What a Business Mistake Taught Phillip Cantrell About Growth
Sep 22, 202539 min
Spinal Tap’s Greatest Mistakes — And Why They Still Matter
Sep 15, 202513 min
How an MLM Failure Taught Trevor Schade to Lead, Grow, and Succeed in Real Estate
Sep 8, 202545 min
NFL Kickers on Mistakes, Pressure, Rejection, and How to Succeed in Football and Life
Aug 29, 202510 min
Mistakes in Houses and Hospitals: Grace Bourke on Trust, Verification, and Lasting Improvement
Aug 25, 202553 min
Quitting My PhD: Rob Dorgan on Redefining Success, Beating Burnout, and Finding Purpose
Aug 18, 202543 min
Listening to Yourself, Pausing, and Communicating Better — Cynthia Kane
Aug 11, 202542 min
From Lab Work to Leadership: Dr. Jen Heemstra’s Guide to Thriving in Science Careers
Aug 7, 202511 min
The Costly Expansion Mistake That Made Damon Lembi a Better CEO
Aug 4, 202543 min
Why Your Work Won’t Speak for Itself: Branding Lessons from a Costly Visibility Mistake — Sapna Pieroux
Jul 28, 202544 min
The Art of Preventing Stupid: How Matthew Davis Uses Systems to Avoid Costly Business Mistakes
Jul 21, 202545 min
Why Going to Law School Became Her Favorite Mistake — Davina Frederick
Jul 14, 202544 min
The Danger of Optimism: A CEO’s Biggest Leadership Mistake — Jim Schleckser
Jul 7, 202549 min
Why 100 Coffee Meetings Didn’t Work — And What Kat Halushka Did Instead
Jul 3, 202537 min
How Culture Creates Freedom and Profit: Josh Cunningham Returns to Share His New Book
Jun 26, 202513 min
The Mistake of Unrealistic Expectations — Mark Struczewski on Productivity and Focus
Jun 23, 202544 min
Avoiding Bad Marketing — Amber Gaige on AI, Family Business, and the Four Cs
Jun 16, 202532 min
Ballet, Leadership, and Mistakes Under Pressure — Jared Redick
Jun 9, 202542 min
Speaking Up at Work — A Leadership Mistake with Karin Hurt
Jun 2, 202540 min
When Hackers Destroyed His Business — Andrew Laws
May 27, 202541 min
How Busy Teams Can Better Execute Growth Plans: Andrea Jones on 'Executagility' and Mistakes
May 22, 202514 min
Burnout to Breakthrough: How La Tonya Roberts Found Work-Life Harmony
May 19, 202529 min
Mistakes vs. Stupidity: Leadership and Life Lessons with C.J. Stewart
May 12, 202548 min
How the NFL Reduced Concussions Without Eliminating the Kickoff
May 9, 202512 min
Selling Books Isn’t the Publisher’s Job — Terry Whalin on Publishing Myths
May 5, 202549 min
Losing Her Best Employee Was the Wake-Up Call Betsy Pepine Needed to Reinvent Her Company
Apr 28, 202544 min
A “Happy Mistake” on Mount Katahdin and Leadership Lessons in ADHD Education — John Willson
Apr 20, 202541 min
Why Staying Silent Was Her Favorite Mistake — Dr. Tia Warrick
Apr 14, 202543 min
Why the Corporate Ladder Was My Biggest Mistake — Kason Morris
Apr 7, 202544 min
A Career Mistake That Got Me Fired—and Changed Everything (Tash Doherty)
Mar 31, 202541 min
The Career Mistake That Forced Reinvention — Jonathan Small
Mar 24, 202545 min
Sheila Butler: Choosing Passion Over Pay—and What It Really Cost
Mar 17, 202543 min
Luis Velasquez: The Coaching Mistake That Changed How He Builds Leaders
Mar 10, 202542 min
Andy Paige: The Mistake That Changed Her Life and Launched an Invention
Mar 3, 202544 min
Arnold Barnett on Why Flying Is Still Incredibly Safe
Feb 27, 202523 min
Norman Wolfe on Leadership Mistakes and Building High-Performing Teams
Feb 24, 202550 min
Sherianna Boyle on Brutal Honesty, Mistakes, and Emotional Growth
Feb 17, 202535 min