2012
Dictionary Entry
Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning

Learning from Failure

Format:Print
| Pages:5

Abstract

Failure is defined as an outcome that deviates from expected and desired results. Learning from failure describes processes and behaviors through which individuals, groups and organizations gain accurate and useful insights from failures and modify future behaviors, processes, or systems accordingly.

Keywords

Learning From Failure; Failure; Learning; Behavior; Organizational Change and Adaptation

Citation

Cannon, Mark D., and Amy C. Edmondson. "Learning from Failure." In Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning, edited by Norbert M. Seel, 1859–1863. New York: Springer, 2012.