The potential for failure.

Okay so according to our workshop on Wednesday, in 1968 Spencer Silver and his collaborator Arty Fry (awesome names) intended to invent a super-strong adhesive for the aerospace industry. The outcome ended up being this weak adhesive agent called Acrylate Copolymer Microspheres but didn’t leave any form of residue when it was removed. After months turned into decades, the Post-It note was invented, but barely found any initial success. Flash-forward to today and the Post-It notes have become the one of the top five office supply products in the world.

So moral of the story and according to Group Flow, is that there is that potential for failure. However, failure shouldn’t be pessimistically tunnel visioned but instead viewed in a serendipity way. If it does potentially get to that stage where our shared intentions or goals weren’t met, then we should learn from that, know that our best was our full potential and may have different effect than what was planned (cliché I know, but it rings true).

Want to see more of the Post-It success story? Check out this rad vid below, and if you can, please try it at home.