Paul Iske is a professor in ‘Individual and Organizational Learning in Complex, Dynamic Environments’ at the School of Business and Economics, University Maastricht, Netherlands, and Visiting Professor ‘Knowledge-driven Innovation’ at the Department of Information Science, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Paul is founder and CFO (Chief Failure Officer) of the ‘Institute of Brilliant Failures`, with the mission to highlight the the importance of experimentation to achieve paradigm shifts and breakthrough innovation.