“This prize has once again proven its own right to exist … very educational!”-
Prof. Bastian R. Flower, MD, PhD
Begin 2016 we reach for the third time the Brilliant Failures Award from, an award for the best failure in healthcare. you can win it! And thus contribute to transparency and learning capacity in healthcare.
Failures in the world of research and innovation are often surrounded by embarrassment
Unfairly, because a failing project is not always the result of thoughtless thinking and acting. Moreover: research that yields something very different from what was expected, can still be very valuable. In addition, the mistakes made often show how a project can be set up better next time. In short: mistakes are a rich source of inspiration. If parties in healthcare are honest about their 'mistakes' and share their experiences, the learning capacity in the sector receives a strong impulse. With the presentation of the Award, the Institute for Brilliant Failures wants to contribute to this in collaboration with ZonMw and partners in the sector..
The Brilliant Failures Award
With the awarding of the Brilliant Failures Award – Care 2013 and 2014 has put the importance of sharing failures on the map. This year we once again invite scientists and professionals to build on this success and contribute to transparency and innovation capacity in healthcare.. Any failed project to learn from, qualifies, whether it be examples from prevention, care, be research or practice. You can submit by sending a simple email with an answer to the following questions:
- What was the intention?
- What approach has been chosen to achieve that goal?
- What was the result? And how did that differ from what they hoped to achieve?
- What lesson did the failure bring? And what can others learn from it?
Is your failure worth gold?
Have you learned from failure in recent years?? Then send an email to redactie@briljantemislukkingen.nl for the Brilliant Failures Award –Care 2015 for 31 January 2016. When we receive your submission, we will then help you to make the case suitable for nomination. The Award will be festively presented in March 2016. A selection of the best failures submitted will be presented and there will be room for discussion about lessons learned. The Award consists of a jury prize and a public prize.
For questions and submissions: redactie@briljantemislukkingen.nl
Bas Ruyssenaars (+31 6 14213347) of Paul Iske (+31 6 54626160). Check out the website for brilliant videos and for last year's winners: https://www.briljantemislukkingen.nl/awardzorg/
The Brilliant Failures Award – Care 2015 is made possible in part by ZonMw, Hart- and Vessel group, Heart Foundation, Tata Consultancy Services, CFK, Silver Cross and ABN AMRO.
