LetMeFail is a free innovative program that helps kids practice failure, learn from failure, embrace failure, and promote discussions about failing better.
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Who?
Kids in grades 3–8.
What?
LetMeFail is designed so classrooms can host a “LetMeFail Day” complete with group activities doomed for failure, virtual author visits focused on famous failures, games where you must fail, and much more!
Why?
Our society is so focused on winning and success that many kids today have a fear of failure. Yet, most of the world’s greatest accomplishments came from overcoming failure. By embracing and practicing failure through LetMeFail, we are empowering the next generation to be our future leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs.
“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life.
And that is why I succeed.”
Michael Jordan
LetMeFail Founders
Chic Thompson
Chic inspires executives, MBA students, and children to be “curious first… critical second”
while creative problem-solving.
Chic is a Batten Fellow of Entrepreneurship at the University of Virginia’s Darden Business School and adjunct faculty at the Brookings Institution and the Young Presidents’ Organization. Harvard Business School released a case study on the teaching career of Chic entitled “What a Great Idea!” Chic worked in new product development for W.L. Gore and Associates (Gore-Tex®), Johnson & Johnson, and The Walt Disney Company.
His latest creative adventure is founding WAGiLabs, a global, social innovation incubator for kids’ ideas.
Lowey Bundy Sichol
Lowey is an award-winning children’s author, MBA, and pioneer in teaching entrepreneurship and business to kids.
Lowey inspires kids to think big and believe in their ideas through her books, author visits, and innovative programs. Her efforts have launched a movement to bring entrepreneurship education into elementary and middle grade schools across the nation.
Prior to writing children’s book, Lowey worked in brand management, then founded and led an MBA case writing business with prestigious clients like Dartmouth College and Northwestern University. She received a BA from Hamilton College where she played softball and rugby and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
Failure Day!
The “Let Me Fail" Game
A game designed to help students embrace failure as a stepping stone to success!
This quick start guide will help you lead your students through playful “failures” that encourage creative thinking, resilience, and self-discovery.
Enjoy these mini author visits with Lowey Bundy Sichol. Here she reads about some of the failures from her books.
Cookie Queen
6 minutes
Sit back and listen as Lowey reads Cookie Queen, the true story of 11-year-old Kathleen King who sets out to make the perfect chocolate-chip cookie that one day, is the inspiration behind the world-renowned TATE’S BAKE SHOP® cookie!
From an Idea
to Disney
6 minutes
Today, the Walt Disney Company is the biggest entertainment company in the world but a long time ago, Walt Disney started with just an idea. Listen to the surprising and challenging history behind Walt’s most famous creation… Mickey Mouse!
From an Idea
to LEGO
7 minutes
LEGO is one of the largest toy companies in the world but it all started with a Danish carpenter, Ole Kirk Christiansen, who had an idea to build wooden toys. Learn how Ole and his son Godfredt turned those wooden toys into the famous plastic bricks we know today
From an Idea
to Nike
5 minutes
Kick off those cool Nike sneakers and hear the true story of Phil Knight and how he overcame personal and business struggles to create a new running shoe company that one day will become the biggest athletic shoe and apparel business in the world.
From an Idea
to Google
7 minutes
Can you imagine a world without Google? Let Lowey take you back to the 1990s when two friends, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, had an idea to build the best search engine in the world. Hear some of Google’s history and challenges, and about a time when no one wanted to buy Google!
Life is a Brainstorm
Chic Thompson’s passion is inspiring executives, MBA students and children to be “curious first… critical second” while creative problem solving. Watch his inspiring TedTalk.
Failure Game Competition!
Invent a board or card game that helps others learn all about failure!