What if failure isn’t the enemy of learning—but the doorway to it?
In this bold, thought-provoking book, Dr. Kendrick Johnson challenges educators and leaders to rethink perfection, embrace vulnerability, and build schools where risk-taking fuels real growth.
Get ready for practical tools, powerful stories, and a blueprint for creating schools where students, teachers, and leaders can truly thrive.
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The Audacity to Fail Forward
Your Fail-Forward Culture Playbook
The Fail-Forward Culture Playbook gives educators and leaders practical strategies to rewire how we respond to mistakes—transforming them into fuel for growth, innovation, and resilience.
Download your free copy today and start building classrooms and schools where risk-taking is safe, reflection is purposeful, and every attempt moves you forward.

Why Your Classroom Needs to Fail Forward: The Secret Sauce to Real Learning
You know that feeling when you see a student almost raise their hand, only to drop it like it just caught fire? Yeah, me too. Or when they say, “I can’t do this,” before their pencil even touches the paper? Classic.