Six reasons why innovations require errors

INNOVATIONS and errors are inextricably linked. The trail that leads to discoveries, new processes and inventions involves entering and exploring new fields of knowledge. They can be large or small, but almost always, making errors is an important part of the process of exploration and discovery.

Here are six reasons why having an effective error management culture can improve your organisation's capacity for innovation:

Innovative processes are inherently error prone. There is so much information that is unclear - therefore, errors are frequent. Creative ideas sometimes appear by chance. Errors help this serendipity during innovation.