Thanks for a fun failures week, Radix crew! For more, check out our Frontiers article: sanitationlearninghub.org/re… Follow @FSM_Fail for WASH failures or me @BexSindall for occasional research GIF threads! Failure to switch off is a big issue in research so have a relaxed Sunday!

With funders clearly being an important part of how water and sanitation operates in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, it only seemed reasonable to find out why they think failures occur, so with generous support from @SanLearningHub we asked them!

It's been a bit of a depressing start to the week with all this talk about failures! So today let's look at what we can do about them? What's the best way to address failures, ideally to stop them occuring but also to limit the damage they do when they do take place?

If you are at a mega-conference... A well-designed icebreaker can help build rapport and break down power barriers to promote sharing. We hosted failure gameshows at international conferences to act as (rather elaborate) icebreakers. They even had prizes!

It's Tuesday and we're talking about why failures happen. In 2020 we asked over 100 frontline professionals in water and sanitation in 4 sub-Saharan African countries why failures happen, how they discuss them, and how we can build a culture of sharing and learning from failures.

This week we'll be talking about why failures happen, what role systemic issues play in causing failures, how to address failures and how to talk about them... But let's start with the basics! Why are @FSM_Fail so obsessed with failures?