Failure
The Oxford Dictionary defines failure as "to not be successful in achieving something”. I just made a mistake with something I was busy with and it made me think of Willie from Single-Track. He reminded me that we are all human and we make mistakes. Striving for perfection is not helpful.
In my role I interact with people I reach-out to people often using messages. We are a human business and do not use automation to do many of these tasks for us. Making a mistake means you own up and say I’m sorry to something as simple as spelling a person’s name incorrectly. Working for a company that provides you Psychological Safety to own up and speak up allows you to bring your human to work.
Humanistic businesses' are people-focused and conscious of their obligations towards offering value and building positive relationships with all of their stakeholders.
It is so important to be part of an organisation that allows you to be your authentic self otherwise you will wear a mask in that environment. Covid has taught us to show-up more naturally than we have before in simple ways like even how we dress. The funny thing is I still continue to spray perfume on before a virtual meeting ;-)
So whats the point I am making today? I think we all need to reframe how we measure success and failure. Lloyd Ripley-Evans did a great talk on Reframing Success. Craig Terblanche summaries it well in this short video.