The news media have seized on humiliating instances of failure.
The idea behind this FAILFaire, which was hosted by the World Bank, was to highlight, even celebrate, instances of failure in the field of social change as an integral part of the process of innovation and, ultimately, progress.
As a Facebook friend of mine, the writer Teddy Wayne, announced on that site recently: "To counter the prevailing social-media ethos of posting only successes (professional accomplishments, vacation/party/elaborate meal photos, humblebrags), a practice from which I am not exempt either, I will sporadically begin posting instances of failure with the hashtag #failures.
However, occasional instances of failure in copper nickel systems have been reported.
These are blatant instances of failure to cure, but unparalleled successes in bringing comfort to the terminally ill.
Learning systems Learning systems If patient complaints can be better managed and rectified, the instances of failure would be reduced and quality would be improved.
28 30 Singh et al measured instances of failure to take appropriate action on abnormal fecal occult blood tests as well as other laboratory tests.
Increasingly recognised in 'electronic health record-enabled' health-care systems are instances of failure to recognise and act on abnormal tests related to cancer (Murphy et al, 2014).
There are instances of failure to connect (therefore leaving a person without a place to stay), rudeness during the stay (as in, making it clear you're not welcome after all) and expectations that you'll contribute in some way (not always an appropriate way).
Another famous instance of "failure to connect the dots" occurred in 2013 when Russian intelligence agencies warned the US about one of the Tsarnaev brothers but the FBI bungled the Russian tip, doing little to prevent the brothers from successfully planting a bomb at the finish of the Boston marathon.
