Vocabulary
die
Fehlerkultur
/ˈfeːlɐkʊlˌtuːɐ̯/· noun· Pl. die Fehlerkulturen
the way an organisation deals with mistakes
Do people in your team admit mistakes or hide them? That is the Fehlerkultur — and the team leader shapes it more than anyone.
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- Singular
- die Fehlerkultur
- Plural
- die Fehlerkulturen
- Genitiv
- der Fehlerkultur
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Fehlerkultur
how openly mistakes are admitted and learnt from
Wir brauchen eine offene Fehlerkultur.
We need an open culture around mistakes.
Word family
Fehlerkulturder Fehlerthe mistakedie Kulturthe culturefehlerhaftfaulty, flawedfehlerfreiflawless, error-free
Common combinations
- eine offene Fehlerkulturan open culture around mistakes
- eine positive Fehlerkultur etablierento establish a constructive way of dealing with mistakes
- an der Fehlerkultur arbeitento work on how mistakes are handled
Real examples
- In einer offenen Fehlerkultur werden Probleme früh angesprochen.Where mistakes can be admitted openly, problems are raised early.
- Die neue Teamleiterin will eine positive Fehlerkultur etablieren.The new team leader wants to establish a constructive way of handling mistakes.
- Wer für jeden Fehler bestraft wird, meldet keine mehr — das ist eine schlechte Fehlerkultur.If people are punished for every mistake, they stop reporting them — that's a poor way of handling errors.
