I like the article. I am not sure, however, that allowing oneself to fail is viewed positively by management. This change in culture unless coming from the very above will never take hold. I have seen times and times again that management promotes failing individuals that are likable ( because they never take risks) versus achieving individuals that do not "sell" themselves but simply achieve results, including by taking risks and sometimes failing. As a matter of fact, my entire career I see examples of the promotion by "likability" which might not be a bad thing at all in the eyes of immediate managers... Just visit a seminar at UC irvine, this is their pitch: "likable" get ahead... Also, when you get reciprocal, which is mainly a female trait, a lot of times this is taken for granted by males across the border. There is a study that states that young managing males are more likely to go into war instead of trying to negotiate. And wars are expensive for organizations... reciprocation, however, rarely happens... And the desire to help others is taken as "teaching"...In the sense,
how come she talks to me like that and teaches me what I already know?" There is also a common viewpoint  that organizations have to be hierarchical in order make sure things happen, and hierarchies prevents change. Because hierarchy by definition is "the upper is always right". And boy, no management really likes to look "stupid"... there is an opinion that mistakes undermine your manager's authority, and as a matter of fact they do... by human nature... we as humans often assume subconsciously that since one made a mistake one did not have information, thus one lacked enough power cause information IS power... management has to constantly encourage making new things happen, and not necessarily people will be mistaken the first time, it depends n how much preparation time is given to investigate... sometimes there is enough information to do new things RIGHT... it is not about new, it is about complete understanding of consequences /risks...