Good News from Fri, 14 October, 2011:

Failure day is a reminder of successes

LEHTIKUVA/KIMMO MÄNTYLÄ Among others, Rovio’s Mighty Eagle Peter Vesterbacka told yesterday of his failures at Aalto Venture Garage.
Finland yesterday celebrated National Failure Day.  The purpose of the day was to stimulate dialogue about failure, risk taking and learning and how these all contribute to bringing about success stories.  Behind the project were Aaltoes (Aalto Entrepreneurship Society), Boardman Tulenkantajat as well as countless other Finnish entrepreneurship groups.

— Finland needs a culture that allows people to fail, explained Petri Vilén from the Boardman Tulenkantajat group.

The tradition of Failure Day began last year from a few local events and it has now gone national with the main emphasis being on sharing experiences.  The day was celebrated through events, at the workplace, in homes and on the web.

The main venue for the event in Helsinki was the Aalto Venture Garage in Otaniemi where among those telling about their failures was Rovio’s Peter Vesterbacka, Pekka Viljainen who left his management role at Tieto Oyj last year and the leading IT figure Taneli Tikka.  On the event’s pages online, those sharing their views on failure included Jorma Ollila of Nokia, the world championship ice hockey team coach Jukka Jalonen, Social Democrat party secretary Mikael Jungner and Minister of Economic Affairs Jyri Häkämies.

Aaltoes is an association founded by students of the Aalto University while Boardman Tulenkantajat is a network comprising young entrepreneurs from Boardman Oy which specializes in developing Finnish business capabilities.  As well as the celebrations in Helsinki, the event was marked in Turku, Tampere, Oulu, Lappeenranta, Jyväskylä and Pietarsaari. The aim is to have the event recognized by 2020 as an official flag day.

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Comments (3)

William Damulira Fri 14 October 2011 at 8:45
I would like to know more of the failure programme they truely inspire me
Mesh Fri 14 October 2011 at 15:57
Wonderful!Sustainable success is all about speaking,analizying and deciding up on failurity in addition to our success!
amao olufemi abel Fri 14 October 2011 at 16:10
it is an amazing innovation. without the boldness to fail, the adroitness to succeed will never be there. to me , it is worth taking the initiative like edison who failed a thousand times to succeed. failure is always the prelude of success.