Why Your Company Needs a Chief Failure Officer
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The article argues that companies need a 'Chief Failure Officer' to foster a culture of experimentation and learning from failure, sparking discussion on the role of failure in business.
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stuartjohnson12
3 months ago
1 replyAI slop
vegasbrianc
3 months ago
Actually, I wrote the first draft and used AI to help format and do cleanup.
BrokenCogs
3 months ago
Stephen He's dad would be proud/disappointed
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