Learning from Failure at Work: The Importance of Time and Social Context

Most organisations say they “learn from failure.” Very few actually do.

The uncomfortable truth is that a setback doesn’t teach you anything on its own. What determines whether a failure becomes insight or just scar tissue is when you look at it — and who is in the room when you do.

Dr Farah Patell Socha (Industry & Enterprise Fellow) is hosting Professor Andreas Richter (Cambridge Judge Business School) at Clare Hall for a talk that takes this apart:

Andreas studies how teams and organisations actually behave under pressure, not how they say they behave.

Open to all — academics, founders, industry. Come and bring a failure worth discussing.