Rather than seeing failure as an end, Odile Paulus and Caroline Merdinger-Rumpler explain in The Conversation France, via the article "Apprendre de ses erreurs : comment former les étudiants à rebondir après un échec," that failure can become a springboard for learning.
This article was written by Odile Paulus (EM Strasbourg), Caroline Merdinger-Rumpler (EM Strasbourg), Julien de Freyman (South Champagne Business School (Y Schools) – UGEI) and Sonia Boussaguet (Neoma Business School).
Published on January 19, 2026, the article presents an educational approach in which mistakes are seen as learning opportunities: it encourages the development of both soft skills and hard skills, while strengthening students' ability to analyze and solve problems in real-world contexts. résoudre des problèmes dans des contextes concrets.