On Thursday 16 January 2020, the Institute for Brilliant Failures (IvBM) launched its online environment for sharing learning experiences, BriMis. The launch of BriMis by Paul Iske, Chief Failure Officer of the IvBM and Chief Dialogues Officer of PNA, took place during the annual presentation of the Brilliant Failures Award Care 2020. BriMis has been incrementally developed together with PNA in 2019.
A Brilliant Failure is a well-prepared attempt to achieve something where the outcome is different from what was planned. Failures are brilliant when they are learned from and shared with others. That is exactly what BriMis is about: sharing your own learning experiences and learning from others. And you can do this before, during or after your own activities.
The starting point for sharing your own learning experience and learning from others is the so-called archetype test. IvBM and PNA developed this test in co-creation. It is a question-and-answer game that leads to one or more archetypes that were or are relevant to a specific project. Archetypes are 'universal lessons', patterns or learning moments that transcend a specific experience and are also applicable to many other (innovation) projects. An example of an archetype is "The Acapulco diver". This archetype is about timing, choosing the right moment. This is as vital in projects as it is for the famous Acapulco divers, who wait for the moment when a wave pushes the water up and provides sufficient depth to make the dive safely. One can imagine what happens when the timing is wrong.
Do you know from the archetype test which archetypes might apply to your projects? Then you can look at projects that have had to deal with the same archetypes. Look at the similarities and the lessons learnt. Watch any videos and read the reactions of others.
When sharing your own learning experiences, enter for your project what the intention was, the approach, what the result was and what lessons you learned from it to interpret experiences in relation to projects. Let your lessons also be a lesson for others.
What would the world be without guts, without accidental discoveries and without the ability to learn from what went wrong?
Joining is simple: create a free account on www.brimis.nl and choose whether you want to learn from others, browse through projects or upload your own project and learning experience. Of course you will also find an extensive explanation of the 16 different archetypes on BriMis.
The version of BriMis that is now online is a first public version fed by the cases that were submitted for the Brilliant Failures Award Care 2020. But BriMis is a public system: anyone who registers can share their learning experiences or learn from others. You can add projects, upload videos or comment on existing projects.
The development of BriMis continues: in the coming six months PNA, together with the IvBM, will develop BriMis 2.0 with so-called AI (artificial intelligence) functionality to enhance the assignment of archetypes to contributed projects and experiences. A number of large commercial and public organisations will probably go into production with this 2.0 version on their own intranets. So BriMis continues to grow.