The following is an entry application for The Mistake Bank in the 2009 Groundswell Awards in the category Social Impact:
Is it socially impactful to provide a site to share stories of mistakes people make in business and in life?
In the past year, nearly 500 people have joined the network. The list of members includes university professors, executives, authors and artists.
More than 100 stories have been shared, in text, video, audio and even comic form.
The site has served as a repository on literature of learning from mistakes, and included some lessons on what a mistake story isn’t.
It’s terribly difficult to reveal our errors to others, especially those we don’t know. I am amazed at the generosity of those who have shared their stories for others to learn from.
I believe that this site has served a useful purpose and brought us a little closer to a community that can embrace its humanity, share its failings and as a result learn faster how to get along better in this world.
Here’s a partial list of the blogs and newspapers that have discussed The Mistake Bank:
Chief Learning Officer
Rita Gunther McGrath
Reach Customers Online
Central Penn Business Journal
Full Circle Associates
Startup Nation
Wissensmanagement (German)
The Marketing Blog
Tim Berry – Planning Startups Stories
Michael Ludwig Höfer (German)
Pete Warden
WorldBlu
Delta Knowledge
Les Idées qui Parlent (French)
Juybar (Arabic)
Scott Berkun
Lasagna & Chips
Project Management Tips
Knowledgeer-at-Large
Engineers Without Fears
Управление Компанией
Bob Sutton
WorkLiteracy
Green Chameleon
Library Clips
O’Reilly Radar
Better Projects
Selling to Big Companies
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