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The good teacher named Failure.

October 28, 2008

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One of example of failure Bob Sutton mentions in Weird Ideas That Work is that of IDEO's invention process, specifically Skyline, a toy development department. This week he ran across a another organization's failure rate. That of, The Onion's.

One of example of failure Bob Sutton mentions in Weird Ideas That Work is that of IDEO's invention process, specifically Skyline, a toy development department. This week he ran across a another organization's failure rate. That of, The Onion's. On a This American, Ira Glass talks to The Onion about their creation process. that tells of The Onion's failure rate. They aim for 18 stories each week; to get there, they start with around 600 ideas! A link to This American Life. . . . . . . . . . . Related: Seth also blogged about failure today.

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