My Favorite Mistake, by Mark Graban
Patrick Engasser spent two years ranked near the bottom of a 615-person sales organization — broke, in debt, and grinding through trial and error — before one decision changed everything. …
Dr. Jen Fry’s favorite mistake is a disagreement with her best friend of over ten years — a small miscommunication that led to eight months of silence. Neither of them …
Baseball has always made room for human error. Umpires miss calls. Fans complain. Life goes on. But this season, MLB is rolling out the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system — ABS …
In this episode of My Favorite Mistake, Mark Graban talks with Dr. Tyler B. Evans, infectious diseases and addiction medicine physician, public health leader, and author of Pandemics, Poverty, and …
A forgotten water heater tap led to an overnight leak, an unexpected ice rink, and a reminder that the real lesson isn’t about blame — it’s about designing systems that …
In Episode 339 of My Favorite Mistake, Mark Graban talks with Genevieve Skory, executive coach and former Chief Field Development Officer, about a leadership mistake that many high performers make: …
After winning gold at the Winter Olympics, skier Breezy Johnson did what champions do — she jumped for joy. And her medal fell off. She later joked, “Don’t jump in …
What happens when a leader realizes their approach caused real harm? In this episode of My Favorite Mistake, U.S. Marine Corps officer and leadership mentor Olaolu Ogunyemi shares a defining …
Most of us pull up to a gas pump on autopilot—until something goes wrong. In this Mistake of the Week, host Mark Graban looks at a real-world systems failure that …
Ray Zinn—longtime CEO of Micrel Semiconductor and the longest-serving CEO of a publicly traded company in Silicon Valley history—doesn’t believe the real problem is making mistakes. He believes the real …
