In this talk, I discuss the importance of failing and how we do not give young people the opportunity to fail enough. I also highlight the importance of this in the context of encouraging young people to pursue STEM careers and how stereotypes can be harmful.

These days, no one wants to fail, or be seen as a failure. But what if failing led to success? Journey through some famous failures in history and find out from Sarah Cosgriff how, through perseverance, they led to some great achievements.