{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68aa8adc352b565deb35c1ac/6a9e0ce03559f17478378e32?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Grace Miller Gets Paid To Fail","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68aa8adc352b565deb35c1ac/1793243358936-3a71b3e8-408f-470a-8ed6-3fdf29cc7640.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>As the former Head of Failure and Experimentation at Flight Story, the media company behind Stephen Bartlett&#39;s Diary of a CEO, We Need To Talk, Begin Again, and Hot Smart Rich, Grace Miller might just be the only leader who gets paid to fail.</p><p><br></p><p>At (FAIL)UP&#39;s first ever live recording in Sydney, Grace sat down with Alanna to discuss how Flight Story turned experimentation into an actual system, why two failed experiments turned into entirely new departments, and how AI is already changing the way her team builds and scales content.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Why Grace swapped the Gold Coast for London, and how moving somewhere no one knew her changed the way she thinks about risk</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>What it actually means to be Head of Failure and Experimentation, and why the job was never about failing for its own sake</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>The two internal experiments that grew into entirely new departments at Flight Story</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Why every experiment is tied to a KPI, right down to treating &quot;learning&quot; as one</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>The systems behind the culture: dedicated team budgets, a Slack channel for sharing failures, and a literal trophy for Experimenter of the Week</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Why Stephen Bartlett cares more about people trying than the outcome, and what that says about culture from the top down</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>How AI is already changing the way her team builds, edits, and scales content</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Her advice for building this culture in a risk-averse company, even without the title or budget to back it</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Stay Connected with Alanna (Host) &amp; Grace (Guest)</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Alanna Lynch Instagram: @alannalynch</li><li>Alanna Lynch Linkedin: alannalynch</li><li>Grace Miller Instagram: @graceexperiments</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Note: Since recording this episode, Grace has since left her role at Flight Story. Everything in the conversation reflects where she was at the time we recorded it.</em></p>","author_name":"MELIOR FUTURI"}