My Favorite Mistake: Learning Without Blame in Business and Leadership

Mark Graban

My Favorite Mistake is a podcast about learning without blame in business and leadership. Hosted by Mark Graban, the show features honest conversations with leaders, executives, entrepreneurs, and changemakers about a meaningful mistake they made—and what they learned after things went wrong. It’s not just my favorite mistake; it’s yours, it’s ours, and it’s what we can all learn from when things don’t go as planned. This isn’t a podcast about failure theater, gotcha moments, or simplistic “lessons learned.” It explores how real people reflect, improve, and lead better in complex organizations—without scapegoating, shame...

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My Favorite Mistake: Learning Without Blame in Business and Leadership

Episodes (398)

Monday Getting Too Close to What You Love: Joe Hennes (Tough Pigs) on Working at Sesame Workshop
Mon May 11th Stop Chasing Results, Start Pursuing Peace of Mind - with Deborah Coviello
Mon May 4th Going Gun-Shy as a New Leader: Jesse Jackson on "We Tried That, It Didn't Work"

My Favorite Mistake: Learning Without Blame in Business and Leadership

May 18, 2026
49½ minutes
45 MB

Joe Hennes runs Tough Pigs, the premier Muppet fan site, and for years he also worked at Sesame Workshop -- the dream company he had been writing about since 2006. In this conversation, Joe is unusually candid about what it actually costs to merge fandom and profession. Episode page with video, links, and more: http://markgraban.com/mistake352 He explains why he kept his Sesame job quiet, what changed when he saw "how the sausage is made," and how being laid off from the place he had always wanted to be reshaped his relationship with the...

My Favorite Mistake: Learning Without Blame in Business and Leadership

Getting Too Close to What You Love: Joe Hennes (Tough Pigs) on Working at Sesame Workshop

Mark Graban

00:00 -49:25