The Unexpected Benefit of Celebrating Faiilure

The unexpected benefit of celebrating failure

Astro Teller, the head of X (formerly Google X) shares about the unexpected and unconventional approach they have at the moonshot factory:

Breaking things, instead of building things
Proving you're wrong, instead of proving you're right
Doing the hardest part of the problem first, instead of doing the easiest
Thinking about how to kill your project, instead of how to keep your project alive
Making failure safe, instead of dangerous
Rewarding failure, instead of successes
Crazy ideas, instead of sensible ideas

At X, people try their best to fail. They receive applause, hugs, high fives, promotions and bonuses whenever they kill a project.

It may seem counter-intuitive but perhaps we should ask ourselves - how do we succeed at failing?