At the heart of innovation—of making law better—is experimentation. We live in a world of unprecedented change, happening at an unprecedented pace. In the face of constant ambiguity, we must experiment to figure out what change will create value.

Inherent in experimentation is failure. We call it intelligent failure, the kind of failure that we learn from in order to iterate and excel. What does intelligent failure look like? How do we build a culture that embraces intelligent failure? We'll delve into these and other big questions throughout the day at #failurecamp.

As a tribe, lawyers are brittle—the opposite of resilient. We are skeptical—which means we're less likely to take risks and try new things. We are perfectionists—which means we don't try new things unless we know they will work.

All of these traits? Highly correlated to the mental (un)wellness crisis our profession faces.

At #failurecamp, we will explore how our tribe's fear of failure may be contributing to our lack of thriving, and most importantly we will seek to understand how we as individuals can reframe our relationship with failure to improve our own lives and ultimately, our profession as a whole.

When it comes to fishing, there are things you can control for. And things you cannot control for. You run the risk that the fish will steal the worm, in your effort to catch the fish.

If your life depends on fishing, do you not even try because the fish may steal the worm? No. You experiment with how best to catch the fish, and learn from what does (and doesn't) work.

At #failurecamp, we will explore how experimentation in legal innovation is much like fishing.

Intrigued? You should be. Join us!

At #failurecamp, campers will explore various tools, processes, and methods to support innovation across the legal spectrum to #makelawbetter.

Reframing our relationship with failure is but one of many ways to facilitate innovation!

The day is designed to provide an ideal combination of loose structure and unstructured time, with the opportunity for campers to design activities most relevant to their particular interests. You will fill your innovation backpack!

Ultimately, the goal of #failurecamp is to empower and embolden individuals to go forward, embrace the power of experimentation (including learning from what doesn't work), and create ways to #makelawbetter in their corner of the universe.

As a tribe committed to this common cause, we can amplify and support each other beyond the day! How might we create movement beyond the moment?

Lest you think #failurecamp is all about failure, know this: we will have FUN!

There will be songs around the campfire. There will be arts and crafts to bring out your inner creative force.

And, there will be s'mores. LOTS of s'mores.