Why Failing 15% of the Time Means You're Doing It Right // TRAIN BRAIN

Why Failing 15% of the Time Means You're Doing It Right

Ron Friedman, psychologist and author of “Superteams,” says if you already know something will work… it's not really an experiment.
The best teams treat experiments as trades: efficiency for information. They recognize that even failures can teach you something.
Top teams aim for an 85% success rate—high enough to know they're winning, low enough to know they're still stretching.
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