In our organization people believe that innovation is the result of lots of experiments and you can’t experiment over the long-haul without making some mistakes.

Failure is tolerated around here, sometimes it’s even rewarded.

People in our organization are encouraged to try new things, test new ideas, and pursue creative tangents.

It’s safe to challenge the status quo here even if the boss is advocating the status quo.

In most cases our passion for making things better in this organization is bigger than our fears about failing along the way.

In our organization mistakes are viewed as an opportunity to get on to the next cycle of learning faster.

People in our organization see risk and security as complementary (the former causes the latter) rather than diametrically opposed to one another.

People in our organization play to win versus playing not to lose.

Our leaders demonstrate the courage and conviction to “shake things up” when entrenched habits no longer serve the organization.

In our organization people believe that trust and self-confidence can not grow unless they are willing to risk being vulnerable.