What if mistakes weren’t something to hide—but something to celebrate? Ward Vuillemot shares how a product misstep at Amazon and a simple observation about customer behavior reshaped his thinking …
The Double-Edged Sword of Transparency: Dr. Richard Winters on the Risks of Sharing Billing Data with Physicians
What happens when transparency backfires? Dr. Richard Winters shares a leadership moment at Mayo Clinic where good intentions around openness created unexpected tension—and the lessons that reshaped …
Striking the Balance: Professor John Grout on Preventing Mistakes and Learning from Them
What if making a mistake early is actually the smartest strategy? Professor John Grout explains how low-cost failures, experimentation, and mistake-proofing can turn errors into powerful …
Blind Leap of Faith: Dr. mOe Anderson on the Risks of Taking a Job Without Knowing the Employer
Listen: Check out all episodes on the My Favorite Mistake main page. My guest for Episode #185 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Dr. Monica Anderson, a.ka. Dr. mOe. She is a dentist... …
When You Sell Technology but Customers Want Solutions: A CEO’s Hard Lesson
Dr. Cliff Bleustein shares a leadership mistake from earlier in his career: organizing a company around technologies instead of customer solutions — and why even a well-designed reorg failed to create …
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The Resume Mistake That Cost a Doctor Her Career — and Led to a New Path
Dr. Noor Ali trained as a physician and surgeon — yet struggled to find meaningful work in the U.S. because of one unexpected mistake: not knowing how to write a resume that translated her experience. …
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