Association·arcadia

Cultural reframing of failure supports innovation

Claim that naming the icebox practice reframes failure psychologically and culturally, supporting innovation and motivation

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Creating our own words gave us a way of talking about project discontinuation together, which was our first step in doing the psychological and cultural reframing around what “failure” means at Arcadia.

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Cultural reframing of failure supports Innovation motivation

Evidence

Evidence supporting the value of the "icebox" as a cultural practice at Arcadia for psychologically and culturally reframing project discontinuation and supporting scientist empowerment in deciding to wind down projects positively.

More scientist-led icing. We want scientists to be empowered to make decisions about whether they continue a project or not.