Manu Kapur’s Productive Failure: Rethinking How Learning Truly Happens
In an age increasingly preoccupied with efficiency, optimization, and measurable success, Manu Kapur has spent a distinguished academic career arguing for an idea that appears, at first glance, counterintuitive: that failure—when carefully designed—is not a detour from learning, but its most reliable path. Currently the Director of the Singapore‑ETH Centre and Professor of Learning Sciences and Higher Education at ETH Zurich,…