Episode 18: Mistakes don't break leaders

Mistakes do not break leaders, not learning from them does

In this episode, I explore why leaders must build environments where people can fail well, learn fast, and improve.

Drawing from personal experience on the bridge of a ship, and lessons from the psychology of learning through mistakes, we look at:

• Why leaders need to balance confidence with humility
• How feedback and reflection turn mistakes into growth
• Why a mistake is only truly a mistake if it is repeated
• And how safe-to-fail spaces develop the kind of thinking that wins wars and grows organisations