We are not our failures, no, but our jobs need more transparency there

Transparency around the role of failure within organizations is a good thing.

The expression "we are not our failures," seen both throughout literature and in The Castle Builders' song La Dispute, can easily be argued. The whole notion of a screaming football coach, for example, is that you -- and very much so in fact -- are your failure. You brought it upon yourself. Now go deal with it.

The organizational approach to failure is …