FLOPPORTUNITY
Finding Delight in Failure
Your relationship’s in crisis. Your business is upside-down. Your dream went up in smoke. Now what? In this raw, funny, and surprisingly hopeful talk, Justin shares how the worst moments in life can become launchpads for transformation. Through personal stories of failure (and the wisdom they gave birth to), Flopportunity offers a powerful process: one part emotional resilience, one part architectural thinking, and one part gallows humor. Perfect for leaders who’ve hit a wall, and want to build a door.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Understand
Describe the emotional and psychological stages of failure, and explain how mindset and self-awareness shape the recovery process.
Recognize how moments of collapse, both personal or professional, can serve as blueprints for resilience, creativity, and long-term growth.
2. Analyze
Examine personal or real-world examples of failure to identify the difference between circumstantial setbacks and systemic patterns.
Deconstruct how emotional reactivity, perfectionism, or fear of vulnerability can prevent transformation and innovation.
3. Apply
Use the Flopportunity Framework to reframe failure as a necessary step in the creative and leadership process.
Apply architectural thinking to rebuild stability and meaning after disruption, focusing on foundation, structure, and adaptability.
Practice communication strategies that normalize failure within teams and organizations, transforming shame into shared learning.
4. Evaluate and Integrate (for workshops or extended sessions only)
Evaluate current personal or professional responses to failure, identifying opportunities to embed reflection, humor, and grace into recovery.
Integrate the Flopportunity mindset into ongoing leadership practices, fostering cultures where experimentation, authenticity, and resilience thrive.
In summary:
This session helps participants understand the anatomy of failure, analyze their emotional and strategic responses to it, and apply tools to rebuild with strength, humor, and clarity. Flopportunity turns breakdowns into blueprints and failures into fertile ground for growth.