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Category: My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake, by Mark Graban

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 4: How a Lab Error Led to an Unnecessary Surgery

A 32-year-old woman in Switzerland underwent an unnecessary surgery after her lab sample was mixed up at Basel University Hospital. Doctors believed she had cervical cancer. She didn’t — but …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 331: Recovering from Workplace Bullying—and What Leaders Often Miss (Andy Regal)

My guest for Episode #331 of My Favorite Mistake is Andy Regal, a longtime media executive whose career has included leadership roles at The Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, Consumer Reports, …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 3: How a Landing Gear Error Was Caught Before Disaster

In this Mistake of the Week, Mark Graban breaks down an incident involving an American Airlines A319 on final approach to Phoenix — captured on video with its landing gear …

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My Favorite Mistake — 330: Why Curiosity Drives Better Leadership (Debra Clary)

My guest for Episode #330 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Debra Clary, a leadership strategist, researcher, and executive coach with more than four decades of experience at organizations including Frito-Lay, …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 329: From Toxic Culture to Empathic Leadership: Lessons in Empathy and Accountability (Dr. Melissa Robinson-Winemiller)

My guest for Episode #329 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Dr. Melissa Robinson-Winemiller, a TEDx speaker, empathy and leadership expert, and author of The Empathic Leader: How EQ via Empathy …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 2: Why Unlearning Old Habits Is Harder Than Learning New Ones

In this edition of Mistake of the Week, Mark Graban tells a story that didn’t appear in any safety report or headline — it happened on a pickleball court. Early …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 1: How 531 Living Patients Were Mistakenly Declared Dead

In this week’s Mistake of the Week, Mark Graban tells the story of a Maine hospital system that accidentally mailed condolence letters to 531 very-much-alive patients. The cause? A computer …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — Looking Back: Katie Anderson & Isao Yoshino on Learning, Leadership, and Mistakes

We’re going back to Episode 30 from January 2021, featuring Katie Anderson — author of Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn — and Isao Yoshino, the longtime Toyota leader whose …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 328: From the Wrong Business to the Right Voice: Finding Purpose Through Mistakes (Emily Aborn)

My guest for Episode #328 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Emily Aborn, a small business copywriter, speaker, and host of the Small Business Casual podcast. Episode page with video, transcript, …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 327: When AI Tried to Do Too Much: Lessons on Creativity and Humble Technology — Maya Ackerman

My guest for Episode #327 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Dr. Maya Ackerman, AI pioneer, researcher, and CEO of WaveAI. She’s also an associate professor of Computer Science and Engineering …

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