The Value of Failure

The Value of Failure - Turns out that Entrepreneurs have much to teach us here. CONNECTING Amazing CREATIVE THINKING TO ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP Where: RELC International Hotel – 30 Orange Grove Road, Singapore When: Sat, 7 April 2012 - 9.30am to 12.30pm. Registration, welcome drink and networking starts at 8.45am! Seminar Introduction Thomas Edison once said, "I make more mistakes than anyone I know. And eventually I patent them." Many great successes started out as failures. Columbus failed when he set out to find a new route to India. He found America instead (and because he thought it was India he called the natives “Indians”). Champagne was invented by a monk called Dom Perignon when a bottle of wine accidentally had a secondary fermentation. 3M invented glue that was a failure - it did not stick. But it became the basis for the Post-it note, which was a huge success. Failure is Silicon Valley’s greatest strength Your ability to handle failure and rejection defines the size of your financial success. To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future. Mark Victor Hansen once said, "You don't become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging problems." Creative and ideas are not an option for companies any more. They are must-haves. Is your company up to the challenge? Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found. Leaders, therefore, must be more creative than most, and creativity is largely discovery, a push into the unchartered and the unknown. When the successes and failure of companies are examined, it is clear that achievement over the long-term depends on the ability to innovate, and take the leadership role in the industry. Innovation is more than a good idea. Innovation is the process that takes an idea, improves it, develops it and implements it. In business, there may be no right answers but there are possibilities. Don’t be afraid of failure. It brings knowledge that something didn’t work. Try something new. Seminar Outlines 1. Should we let repeated failures to fail or help repeated failures to succeed? 2. Many great successes started out as failures. 3. Conceiving a business idea – decide, believe, and begin. 4. Entrepreneurial leaders. 5. The 39 creative ideas I did differently for business success. (These ideas would be great sharing!) 6. Sharing third party stories - Moving from divergence to convergence. 7. People and books. Who should attend? Managers and executives who have to lead people All Business Owners & Self-employed people that are building their business We recommend that organizations send a senior team from various departments to this seminar. Experience has shown that team attendance sharply increases and accelerates the benefits derived by the organization. Investment for attending this half-day workshop: S$165 per participant. S$135 each for two and above. S$105 each for five and above. Registrations will only be confirmed upon payment. There will be no refund for cancellations. However, replacements are welcomed. Get your entire team to attend for maximum effectiveness. Hurry! Register NOW. The fee includes welcome drink, and one tea-break. The Organizer reserves the right to make any amendment and/or change to the seminar programme, venue, speaker replacement and/or topics if warranted by circumstances beyond its control. REGISTER NOW! Please complete this form and email to davidckwee@pacific.net.sg and then proceed to issue cheque / bank draft (OCBC Bank Account No: 656-817830-001 SWIFT Code: OCBCSGSG) payable in S$ only to DW ASSOCIATES PTE LTD and mail to 2 Sin Ming Road, #02-05 Sin Ming Plaza, Tower 1, Singapore 575583. Tel: (65) 9679 1106 Yes! Please register the following participant(s) for this event; Title (Mr. / Mrs. /Ms.): Name: Designation: Company: Address: Country: Postal Code: Tel / HP: Fax / Email: PS. Why not let us come to you? If you have a team of 18 or more colleagues interested in our seminars, please e-mail: davidckwee@pacific.net.sg / asiasb@starhub.net.sg to discuss how we can meet your unique needs. Call David Wee about IN-house training now at (65) 9679 1106

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