When was the last time you saw a major project or critical process fail? Such disasters can have devastating consequences for high-flying careers and successful companies. Yet they happen all too ...

According to the widely quoted “Chaos Chronicles,” a staggering 66% of IT projects prove unsuccessful in some measure, whether they fail completely, exceed their allotted budget, aren’t completed ...

Failure is often seen as something to be avoided at all costs, especially at the executive level. But what if failure was seen as a stepping stone instead of an end point? What if second chances were ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Failure is one of the most feared words in the world of entrepreneurship. For most people, failure represents defeat, ...

A failure in a step of the sterilization process at a Birmingham, Ala., pharmacy is the likely cause of the infection that afflicted 19 patients in Alabama hospitals and resulted in nine deaths, ...