Paul Iske
CFO (Chief Failure Officer) and Founder of the Institute of Brilliant Failures
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About Paul Iske
Paul Iske is professor Open Innovation & Business Venturing at the School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University. Furthermore, he is speaker and consultant in the area of innovative, sustainable and smart business models. Paul developed the Institute of Brilliant Failures, striving for fear reduction, so that people are not afraid to experiment and to share their learnings from endeavors that didn't meet the expectations.
Speaking
Speaking engagement:
Keynote | Conference Speaker, Interview | Debate | Panel
Travels from:
Netherlands
Language:
English, Dutch
Fee range:
from $1500 up to $4500
Topics
Combinatoric innovation: environments for shared value creation
Paul talks about people and organizations that are able to explore new opportunities together. He describes so-called ‘O-zones’, environments in which positive energy is generated to find new ways for shared value creation. Paul will introduce the Institute of Brilliant Failures to stress the importance of (joint) experiments and the need to accept risk and learn from experiences with projects that didn’t produce the results people were aiming for. Paul has many examples to share, both profit and not-for-profit, especially in health, finance, government and multi-stakeholder environments in general.
institute of Brilliant failures
In this talk Paul, will introduce a framework for value creation by accepting and learning from Brilliant Failures. As all entrepreneurs and innovators know, failing is not only inevitable, but also an essential learning process. But where everyone agrees that we should learn from our failures, no one tells how to do this. The Institute of Brilliant Failures has developed a method and some tools to extract the lessons learned and make it possible to use them at another moment, at other places.
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Media
Books
Combinatoric Innovation
Book about the possibilities of new combinations leading to new innovations
Institute of Brilliant Failures
'You can learn from your failures.' 'Entrepreneurship is trial and error.' These statements are hard to disagree with, but in reality it is not that simple. More than ever, we wish to be successful and erase all traces of mistakes and failures as soon as possible. This is not only a pity, but potentially dangerous as well, says professor Paul Louis Iske. Only when we dare to face what we do wrong can we make a thorough analysis and avoid unnecessary recurrence and disappointments. Fear of failure impedes creative thinking and innovation. This compelling book shows you how to develop a culture of openness in your organization and how failure paradoxically leads to significant progress. Institute of Brilliant Failures teaches you how to recognize recurring failing patterns at an early stage, how to harvest essential learnings and how to embrace uncertainty.