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Learning from setbacks rather than being defeated by them
Setbacks are inevitable. The question is whether they defeat the team or become opportunities for learning. When setbacks occur, create structured opportunities to learn from them. After the immediate crisis is addressed, ask: • What happened? • Why? • What can we learn? • What would we do differently? • How can we… An ongoing team scaffold (structured reflection), run after significant setbacks, not as a one-off session.
Practical
- Time
- 30-60 min
- Group
- 3–20 · small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- None beyond ordinary meeting/work settings
- Mechanisms
- life-embedding, cognitive-reframing, emotional-processing
- Change scope
- state → skill · recurring-practice (After significant setbacks)
Instructions
- Where
- idg.thomasjordan.se/idg-team-scaffolds-webapp.html — Thomas Jordan's IDG Resource Library, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
Source link checked 29 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 28 Aug 2026
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
Origin
Thomas Jordan & Claude [AI] (IDG for Teams handbook — team scaffold) — IDG practice (idg.thomasjordan.se)
In this directory via Thomas Jordan's IDG Resource Library
Team leader role (Jordan): Model learning from your own setbacks. Create structures for learning after failures. Frame difficulties as learning opportunities. Ensure learning is captured and applied.
status: checked · added 2026-08-25