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Homines sumus, non dei 
@YvesHanoulle
Why are you here? 
2
What is your BIGGEST problem? 
3
Talk to your neighbour
Work life 
Balance 
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example
example
example
example
worklife 
fusion
What is your name?
Joppe
How old are you?
12
Have you spoken at a 
conference before?
YES!
In English?
No…
Are you scared?
I am …
Dad, that is 
boring
What do you 
need ?
SAFE 
environment
IS 
a safe environment?
verify your 
assumptions
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if you think Failing.Forward is 
NOT SAFE 
say
YES Failing.Forward 
is SAFE
experiment with PairWork
say yves
SHOUT JOPPE
celebrate
fail 
learn 
adjust direction 
inspired by @GojkoAdzic
What if you don’t learn?
fail 
celebrate 
learn
Can you be happy?
Celebrate failures 
or else…. 
@YvesHanoulle
Celebrate failures 
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What did your 
parents say 
when they 
came home?
41 My mother hugged me
SMALL STEPS
What is a good time between two deployments at
What is a good time between two deployments at
Fail FAST 
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Fast feedback 
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safe environment 
feed back 
is hard
Consult your neighbour 
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Reality Check 
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Review 
1. experiment 
2. celebrate learning 
3. support people when they fail 
4. smaller steps 
5. learn to handle feedback
Homines sumus, non dei 
@YvesHanoulle & Joppe Hanoulle 
www.hanoulle.be 
I give Free Life Time support*on anything I do (* My life not yours )
history 
• V 1-3: paper (Yves) 
• V 3-5: slides (Yves) 
• V 6-12: internal Dry-Runs (Yves & Joppe) 
• Version 13: Failing.Forward 
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slide pictures 
• Experiment picture: Family Dauwe-Bracke 
• Who are you: An Nelissen 
• yes: @jelleverheugen 
• In English: Leen Herman 
• Boring: ale2012 participant 
• People forming no: unknown 
• Experiment with PairWork: @Smetty 
• Yves Long hair: Michaël De Schutter 
• amazon: screenshot @JonJenk 
• Eric Clapton: unknown 
• post it’s: unknown 
• Other: personal collection 
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