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I was running a workshop the other day when someone asked me a question that hit me deep:

Davide Pagnotta · 13 July 2026 · 4 min read
Online Workshop

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Helps teams:
Strengthen trust and bonding
Nurture creativity with psychological safety
Turn mistakes into growth fuel
Who’s it for: Team leaders and members who see creativity/innovation hesitating, finger-pointing, or “sweep-it-under-the-rug” behaviour after mistakes.
Handle mistakes as a team. How to face and recover from mistakes as an even more united team, with no blaming or finger-pointing.
Operationalise learning. How to practically safeguard yourself and your team from repeated mistakes, and save time, money... and pain!
Move forward faster. Fewer repeats + More momentum = Bounce back from mistakes as a stronger, more robust team and reach new milestones sooner.
the Fail-Forward Toolkit, a plug&play kit to integrate this simple tool into your and your team’s daily routine.
Timeline template
5 Whys cheat-sheet
Safeguard tracker
Key Behaviour Indicator (KBI) dashboard starter
Prep for you:
Think of a recent mistake/slip-up (yours or your team’s) that you’re comfortable sharing.
Bring your phone with an internet connection
8:00 am, 8:45 pm PDT
11:00 am, 11:45 pm EDT
4:00 pm, 4:45 pm BST
5:00 pm, 5:45 pm CEST
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By registering for (and attending) the workshop, you agree to:
Keep it confidential. Anything shared by participants, verbally, in chat, or on slides, is confidential to the person and their company.
No recording. Do not record audio/video, take screenshots, or share transcripts/notes outside your organisation.
Use the ideas, not the identities. You’re welcome to use the tools and practices you learn. Do not disclose specific stories, decisions, mistakes, names, or details that could identify another participant or their company.
Share safely. When sharing your own example, keep it non-sensitive (no client names, secret data, or unreleased plans).
Respect materials. Templates provided by Wise Humanity are for your team’s internal use. Please don’t redistribute externally without permission.
Anonymised learning. The facilitator may collect anonymous, aggregated poll results or feedback to improve future workshops. No quotes will be attributed without explicit consent.
Reasonable exceptions. This commitment doesn’t apply to information that is (a) already public, (b) known to you before the workshop, (c) obtained lawfully from a third party, or (d) required to be disclosed by law (give reasonable notice if possible).
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