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Cut yourself and others some slack: we need more time to experiment and fail at work

  • Written by Maroš Servátka, Professor of Experimental and Behavioral Economics, Macquarie Graduate School of Management
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In 1928 Scottish microbiologist Alexander Fleming, while studying the staphylococcus bacteria, noticed mould on his petri dishes inhibited its growth. He experimented, leading to the discovery of penicillin, the first antibiotic.

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