The Fail Forward Conference: Share, Grow, Unite - Experience report
summary
Program leverages First Thursday community days (80% attendance) to run 60–90 minute, no‑recording sessions across Pune, London, Lisbon, Berlin and more, with 60 speakers and 600+ attendees so far. Stories span junior to senior roles; outcomes get captured via anonymous Slido polls and shared feedback loops. Organizers provide a toolkit of speaker/participant/email templates, visuals and trackers, the initiative wins a Judges special award and pilots First Penguin Awards to surface brave experiments.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:29Why failure matters
- 3:57Fail Forward Conference concept
- 5:01How the event works
- 7:47Impact and feedback
- 10:16Personal reflections
- 13:12Global expansion
- 15:17Cultural shift in organization
- 17:47Innovation and failure stats
- 18:31How to start in your group
- 19:13Toolkit and resources
- 20:37Call to action
- 21:22Q&A and closing
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