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Why Should You Care about Getting Sh*t Done in Cities? Read chapter Read first chapter

2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

1. Don’t Be Afraid to Screw Up and Learn

Author : Gabe Klein

Published in: Start-Up City

Publisher: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics

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Abstract

When I was announced as director early on New Year’s Eve at the DDOT headquarters with the mayor and D.C. press present, it seemed as if the whole of the agency was standing on the balconies overlooking the atrium. Even as I gave my opening speech, I could sense the skepticism amongst some in the crowd of transportation employees. Who was this smart aleck from the private sector they’d brought in to shake things up? Why did things need to change?

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1
Rory Carroll, "Silicon Valley’s culture of failure… and 'the walking dead' it leaves behind," The Guardian, June 28, 2014; http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/28/silicon-valley-startup-failure-culture-success-myth
 
Metadata
Title
Don’t Be Afraid to Screw Up and Learn
Author
Gabe Klein
Copyright Year
2015
Publisher
Island Press/Center for Resource Economics
Book
Start-Up City

Print ISBN: 978-1-59726-306-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-61091-691-2

Copyright Year: 2015

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-691-2_2