TEDx Talks - いっぱい失敗する方法 How to fail a lot | 佐々木 翔 Kakeru Sasaki | TEDxTeikyoU
The speaker, a vision training specialist, shares insights from his career in developing innovative medical devices. He highlights the challenges faced in the medical field, such as outdated equipment and the need for better tools. By leveraging his passion for creating and using 3D printing technology, he was able to prototype and refine new devices efficiently and cost-effectively. This approach allowed him to overcome financial constraints typically associated with traditional manufacturing methods. He stresses the value of making 'small failures' that are manageable and do not harm others, and encourages sharing these failures to lighten the emotional burden. By doing so, he transformed failures into learning experiences and eventually into successful products widely accepted in the medical community. His journey underscores the importance of persistence, creativity, and the willingness to learn from mistakes.
Key Points:
- Embrace failure as a learning tool and growth opportunity.
- Use 3D printing to prototype and test ideas cost-effectively.
- Focus on making small, manageable failures that don't harm others.
- Share failures publicly to reduce emotional burden and gain support.
- Persistence and creativity can turn failures into successful innovations.
Details:
1. 🎵 Setting the Stage with Music
- Music is strategically used to create an engaging atmosphere, enhancing audience attention and emotional connection.
- No specific metrics are provided, but the implication is that music can significantly influence audience retention and engagement levels.
2. 😊 Embracing the Joy of Failures
- Adopt a positive attitude towards failures to foster gradual personal growth.
- Recognize the common resistance to failure and offer a fresh perspective by embracing it.
- Implement a relaxed approach to failures, focusing on learning and improvement rather than fear or pressure.
- Use practical examples, such as celebrating small failures as learning milestones, to encourage a growth mindset.
- Create a supportive environment where failures are seen as opportunities for innovation and creativity.
3. 👓 The Role and Passion of a Neuro-Ophthalmic Trainer
3.1. Professional Responsibilities of a Neuro-Ophthalmic Trainer
3.2. Personal Passion and Experiences in Neuro-Ophthalmic Training
4. 🚀 Innovating Solutions in Medical Practice
- The medical field faces significant challenges due to outdated practices that haven't changed for decades, creating a pressing need for innovation.
- Medical practitioners and patients are inconvenienced by obsolete testing methods and limited medical capabilities, which often prevent fulfilling patients' requests.
- Specific outdated practices include manual data entry and non-digital records, causing inefficiency and potential errors in patient care.
- The speaker, drawing from a background in craftsmanship, aims to design advanced medical tools and devices to address these issues, enhancing precision and patient comfort.
- Innovative solutions proposed include developing digital platforms for data management and creating more ergonomic medical instruments to improve user experience.
5. 🔧 Crafting Practical Solutions for Everyday Issues
- A company was established to distribute innovative solutions for everyday stressors in the healthcare environment.
- Initial focus was on small-scale issues, starting with daily annoyances experienced in the workplace.
- One specific problem addressed was the stress caused by using clips to measure patients' eyesight, which often resulted in damage to patients' glasses and dissatisfaction.
- Traditionally, using clips was the norm, but this approach was questioned and improved through extensive prototyping.
- Over three times the number of prototypes than shown in the photos were created to ensure a practical solution.
- The final product supports glasses gently from two points, maintaining perfect weight balance to prevent slippage, even when the head is moved.
- The innovative solution led to increased patient satisfaction and reduced complaints regarding damaged eyewear.
- The company is continually exploring other everyday stressors in healthcare to develop additional solutions.
6. 🛠️ Revolutionizing Medical Equipment
- The development of a compact, pocket-sized medical device has eliminated stress for patients during vision tests with glasses, modernizing a century-old eye examination method to be more user-friendly.
- Traditional eye examinations were cumbersome, requiring multiple machines and considerable time.
- The new device consolidates several tests, including Cover Test, Screen Comitant Test, Bagolini Striated Glass Test, Cyclophorometer Test, and Interpupillary Distance Test, into one efficient tool.
- Despite development challenges, only two products have been released by the developer, both achieving widespread acceptance.
7. 🌟 Success Born from Embracing Failures
- Over 50% of ophthalmology clinics nationwide use the initially introduced product, highlighting its acceptance and success in the market.
- Within six months of launch, 1 in 10 orthoptists nationwide adopted the compact tool, demonstrating rapid market penetration.
- The success of these products was largely due to the strategic embrace of numerous failures, which informed improvements and innovation.
- Manufacturing challenges included prohibitively high costs for molds, each exceeding 1 million yen, making traditional methods financially risky.
- Repeated failures in mold creation posed a significant threat of bankruptcy, limiting the feasibility of aggressive experimentation.
- The adoption of 3D printing significantly reduced costs per iteration to tens to hundreds of yen, enabling cost-effective experimentation.
- 3D printing acted as a transformative tool, allowing for numerous low-cost failures, thus fostering an environment conducive to innovation.
8. 🔄 Leveraging 3D Printing for Iterative Success
- 3D printing often results in unexpected failures, such as producing a 'spaghetti-like' mess after long hours of printing.
- Such failures are common among 3D printer users, indicating a widespread issue that affects many.
- Sharing these experiences on social media turns disappointment into community support, with humorous interactions helping to alleviate the emotional burden.
- Engaging with a community over these failures shifts the perspective from negative to a positive learning experience, fostering iterative improvement.
- An example involved a costly 1kg material turned into a 'spaghetti' mess over 16 hours, which the community humorously dubbed a 'wig'.
- Community feedback and humor transform the perception of failures, enhancing resilience and encouraging continued experimentation.
9. 📈 Learning and Growing through Repeated Failures
- Regularly posting failures on social media transforms them into a collection of experiences, creating a positive perception of past mistakes.
- The process of framing failures allows individuals to develop a fondness for past errors, making the act of failing enjoyable.
- Repeated failures in 3D printing lead to eventual success, as repeating the same mistake becomes difficult, indicating growth.
- Similar to learning to ride a bicycle, repeated attempts that initially seem daunting eventually result in success, making past failures seem trivial.
10. 📚 Principles of Effective Failure
- Prioritize small, manageable failures to facilitate learning and growth without significant setbacks.
- Ensure failures do not harm others, allowing for sustainable learning and repeatability.
- Publicly sharing failures can transform them into valuable learning experiences and reduce the stigma of failure.
- Create a personal collection of failures, such as using 3D printing, to actively engage with and learn from mistakes.
- Aim to increase personal failure rate by 100 times in the next year to maximize learning opportunities.
11. ✨ Encouraging a Culture of Growth through Failure
- Create an environment where failure is normalized as a critical part of the learning process, leading to innovative solutions and remarkable achievements.
- Implement regular debrief sessions where teams analyze failures to extract actionable insights and drive continuous improvement.
- Encourage storytelling around failures and lessons learned to foster a culture of transparency and shared learning.
- Provide training programs focused on resilience and adaptive thinking to help employees embrace and learn from failures.
- Showcase success stories where initial failures led to significant breakthroughs, reinforcing the positive aspect of learning from mistakes.