I love making mistakes, failure means I have tried something new and I have learned something. So when you make mistakes or get it wrong, stand up and be counted, don’t make excuses.

If you make a mistake it should be celebrated, when I was at school there was a sign on the wall which read: “The person who makes no mistakes usually makes nothing at all.”, and that has really stayed with me.

As a CTO in a fast moving industry, if you are an early adopter of new technology, if you adopt or try new standards, you are absolutely going to make mistakes. However the flip side is, if you play it safe, you will always be playing catch up, and have no competitive edge.

Remember though if you make the same mistake twice then that it foolish, make sure you learn from your failures and change your approach.

Go out there and start failing!