As I also wrote in my last post about improving management skills, learning from mistakes of other people is something you can and should do.
In some companies you will find so called “lessons learned” databases where you can learn what mistakes other teams have made and how you can avoid them.
Lessons Learned is the blog Eric Ries where he writes about his experiences and mistakes he made while being CEO of several startups.
So … start reading and learning!
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