1. The document discusses how failure can lead to success through an "ecosystem of failing" and that success is not always due to merit but can be due to chance. 2. It argues that a closed, linear system of "if-then" thinking does not exist in a complex world where the unexpected should be expected. Coincidences and luck can influence outcomes. 3. Taking risks and being open to failure allows one to potentially excel, as failure provides learnings that can enable future success. An individual's failures may propel a group or species overall through innovation.

1. SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
or how an ecosystem of failure can lead to success
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Jannie Haek
CEO Nationale Loterij
16 november 2016
#FailingForward

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THE WORLD aka THE MARKET

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How to enter? How to start?
IT’S EASY !

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JUST FOLLOW the next steps

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But REALLY ?

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What about ?

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Or What about ?

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Or Even What about ?

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Closed lineair system “If – Then”
does not exist in a complex environment

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In a complex world :
Expect the unexpected

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Coincidence can be magical

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Managing luck / bad luck
Evolution of state debt
CaptainsofCycling.be
1992 2005

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Let’s toss
“People may be excessively cautious when facing life-changing
choices.” If you are torn between adventure and stasis — between
doing something and doing nothing — take the adventure.
Odds are you’ll be happier for it.
Heads or Tails: The Impact of a Coin Toss on Major Life Decisions
and Subsequent Happiness
Steven Levitt

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Create a system
and while you’re at it, break the rules

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Ode to the attempt

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The Challenge of Chance
CHALLENGE
“People tend to explain
succes by merit “
• Hard work
• Intelligence
• Preparation
• Benchmarking
• ….
CHANCE
“People have a problem
with the ‘luck-factor’
But often something
unforeseen & uncalculated
does provoke situations,
alterations & success. “
M. Van Elk - Universiteit Maastricht & Amsterdam
- dep. Psychologie

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WHEN WE GIVE OURSELVES
PERMISSION TO FAIL,
WE, AT THE SAME TIME,
GIVE OURSELVES
THE POSSIBILITY TO EXCEL.

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The illusion of ultimate skill

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Individual Level
FAILURE
Your business
LEARNINGS
TIME
SUCCESS
LEARNING PERIOD REALITY CHECK
Failure on an individual level as a positif element for
future success leads sooner or later to infallibity
SO WHAT ABOUT…
Learnings form success
Failure and no learings
Failure after failure
Succes after success
…
?
?

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What about ME

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Play / Try
AND PERMIT TO YOURSELF THE FAIR CHANCE OF WINNING

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The inconceivable success
1. Short Messaging Service
2. Post it
3. Viagra

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Survival of the Fittest
- The finch -
Having the right beak or obtaining the right beak through rational
choice is an illusion.
Neither the best equiped finch, nor the most intelligent one will cause
evolution.
Being called The Fittest is often an answer to the mere coincidence or
change in the supossedly logical & predictable course of events
A BRILLANT INDIVIDUAL ‘ MISTAKE’ SUCCESFULLY
PROPELS A GROUP / COLLECTIVE / SPECIES

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Corporates - StartUps
#1
Corporates should not just fund
startup innovation, but actively
participate in it by pooling ideas,
assets and intellectual property.
#2
Corporates should embrace more
experimental and entrepreneurial
settings

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Corporates - StartUps
#3
The corporate journey to open
innovation requires to recognize that
collaboration with startups cannot
continue to be done solely on their
terms & on their premises
#4
Corporates should cultivate a living
portfolio of new technologies &
product initiatives

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The Ecosystem of Failing
leads to Success
FAILING IS NOT
YOUR FAULT
as being succesfull is not
your personal merit