http://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/archive/2009/05/08/Epinions_Management_Mistakes_Testing_Experimenting.aspxBob Brady finds the balance between two seemingly conflicting pieces of advice—"Avoid mistakes" and "Try something"—and admits to a few mistakes of his own.en-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Debug Build: 60217.2664)http://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/archive/2009/05/08/Epinions_Management_Mistakes_Testing_Experimenting.aspx#1386Fri, 08 May 2009 15:29:09 GMTd41f1d89-8bcd-45c6-82d9-dc5c7ed081a0:1386Darrel CopelandI recently spent two months putting together a "Corporate Culture" for our companies.  One of the points in that culture reads as follows: "Be a person of action.  Make some mistakes; after all, that is how we learn."  A person who doeshttp://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/archive/2009/05/08/Epinions_Management_Mistakes_Testing_Experimenting.aspx#1387Fri, 08 May 2009 16:14:06 GMTd41f1d89-8bcd-45c6-82d9-dc5c7ed081a0:1387Jim EganGood. We've used "Don't do anything stupid" for quite some time. Sometimes, depending on who we are talking to, its "Don't do anything, stupid". I write a lot about critical thinking lately because I don't see much of it. Not at the office, not by journalists,http://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/archive/2009/05/08/Epinions_Management_Mistakes_Testing_Experimenting.aspx#1388Fri, 08 May 2009 17:32:13 GMTd41f1d89-8bcd-45c6-82d9-dc5c7ed081a0:1388Lonnie MooreHere is a sound collection of common sense. I have also made more than one mistake. I learned from most of them. A few moved me forward in a positive manner. A few cause me to cringe at the memory. Life is too short as it is. We must make the most ofhttp://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/archive/2009/05/08/Epinions_Management_Mistakes_Testing_Experimenting.aspx#1392Sat, 09 May 2009 04:47:23 GMTd41f1d89-8bcd-45c6-82d9-dc5c7ed081a0:1392Shawn RyanExcellent advice. Some of my wisest mentors drilled into me that it was best to evolve a process through small incremental change.  Very rarely is it necessary to take on the big transformation to make a difference.   Break the big project