«Productive Failure» Book Release | October 1, 2024

The worldwide release of Prof. Kapur's new book «Productive Failure» has started on October 1st.

Prof. Kapur is a Speaker at the SXSW EDU 2025 | March 3, 2025

Prof. Kapur is talking about Productive Failure at the SXSW EDU 2025, Austin TX, alongside an amazing set of speakers Emily Calandrelli, Nadim Matta and Kara Bobroff. Join us!  

Join the Math for America (MfA) Thursday Think | February 25, 2025 in NY

Prof. Kapur is looking forward to engaging with Math for America on Productive Failure. If you are in New York, join for MfA's Thursday Think series, which is happening on Tue Feb 25, 2025.  

Join for a free Presents event: «Harnessing Failure» in NY | February 21, 2025

Prof. Kapur and Simons Foundation president David Spergel will dissect how we navigate failure on a personal and societal basis and how we can better prepare people for the inevitability of failure — and perhaps even find joy in it. Learn…

Manu Kapur is the Inagural Speaker of the 2025 Dean’s Speaker Series | February 18 and 19, 2025

Prof. Kapur is honored to be the Inaugural Speaker of the 2025 Dean's Speaker Series at the McGill Faculty of Education, McGill University! Find out more about the events on Productive Failure and Rethinking How We Learn.

Chat on #1 Negotiation Podcast | November 29

Embracing failure to enhance negotiation? Prof. Kapur had a fantastic chat with Kwame Christian, Esq., M.A., on «Negotiate Anything». Listen to the podcast Embracing failure to enhance your negotiation tactics. 

Podcast interview on «The Leadership Habit» | November 15, 2024

Failure isn’t the end—it’s a beginning. That’s the core message from the latest episode of «The Leadership Habit» podcast with Jenn DeWall. In this Episode, Prof. Kapur shares how intentionally designing for failure can enhance leadership…

Article in «Harvard Business Review» | November 6, 2024

Productive Failure in the workplace: Are you a manager or a team leader who wants to drive employee learning and growth? See Prof. Kapur's latest article in the «Harvard Business Review» on how Productive Failure might help you with that! Read…

Discussion at the Berlin Science Week | November 2, 2024

ETH Zurich hosts two events at this years' Berlin Science Week. Prof. Kapur will be talking all things Productive Failure, Embodied Learning, and the Future of Learning along with Dr. Chris Luebkeman, ETH Zurich, and Livia Leu, Ambassador of…

Podcast interview on «Blanchard Leader Chat» | November 1st, 2024

What is the difference between the learning zone and the performance zone? And how do you enter the learning zone? Hear Prof. Kapur explain on the «Blanchard Leader Chat« podcast how carefully curated failure can become a signal for deeper…

‘Productive Failure’ Book interview on New Delhi Television (NDTV) | October 28, 2024

Prof. Kapur had an interesting discussion with Anwiti Singh on New Dehli Television (NDTV) about his  'Productive Failure' book. Watch the full interview on "How to Turn Failures into Success".  

Interview with Prof. Kapur on «BOLD»’s digital platform | September 12, 2024

Deep learning requires effort and can be frustrating. Prof. Kapur explains that we may feel that learning should be easy and fun, but deep learning has to be effortful. Watch the video on "Why learning shouldn't always be easy".