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coACTION Project ModulePage 12/24Whole School Approach What you can do: ● Discuss your own learning processes openly with your colleagues. ● Encourage further training to reflect on mistakes. ● Establish formats such as ‘learning cafés’ or ‘fuck-up conferences’. ● Make it clear: the focus is on processes, not culprits. ➡ Concrete examples : Fuck-Up- conferences This term is based on so-called ‘fuck-up events’. Fuck-up events (also known as ‘Fuckup Nights’) are events where people - often entrepreneurs, founders, managers or creatives - talk openly about their failures and failed projects. The aim is to break the stigma of failure and promote an open culture of error. Origin: The first Fuckup Night took place in Mexico City in 2012, initiated by a group of young entrepreneurs who wanted to talk about their failed start-ups. Since then, the format has spread worldwide. Characteristics of a Fuck-Up conference: ● Open experience reports: Speakers talk in a relaxed atmosphere about projects that didn't work out and what they learnt from them. ● Focus on learning: It's not about gloating, but about sharing insights. ● Breaking taboos: Mistakes and failures are made public - a deliberate contrast to success stories. ● Networking & exchange: The events encourage conversations about failure and learning in a supportive community. Why are they important? ● Destigmatising mistakes: Failure is often still seen as a weakness, especially in the world of work (e.g. in start-up and innovation cultures). ● Promoting innovation: Those who are not afraid of making mistakes are more willing to try new things. ● Personal growth: Listeners can learn from the mistakes of others.