http://connect.educause.edu/display/45358 http://connect.educause.edu/display/45358 http://connect.educause.edu/educause/images/e_rss.png Comments for "Things I’ve Screwed Up&#8212;and How!" en http://connect.educause.edu/display/45358 <p>Recognitions, awards, best practices, best of breed: so engaging, so uplifting, so motivating, so prominently covered. Failures, frustrations, firings, misdirection: so off-putting, so depressing, so demoralizing, so rarely covered. The literature on quality improvement and economist Paul Ormerod&#8217;s <em>Why Most Things Fail</em> contend that progress and quality improvement require that we not only seek success but also avoid failure, and therefore that we understand both. In this session, Jackson will offer a different perspective by reflecting on some mishaps and why they occurred.<br /><em>WINNER: 2007 EDUCAUSE Leadership Award. </em></p> EDUCAUSE2007 Information Technology Management and Leadership Leadership Development Presentations/Speeches Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:42:33 -0500 drupal 45358 at http://connect.educause.edu