15th April 2026
In social change work, we have become very good at telling stories of impact. What is working, what is growing, what is changing. These narratives matter, but they are incomplete. Alongside every strategy that landed, others didn’t. Alongside partnerships that flourished, some quietly unravelled. And alongside leaders who continue, there are those who reached their limits without space to say so. This silence has a cost: we repeat mistakes, stretch people beyond what is sustainable, and build systems that learn too slowly.
#FailFest: From Setbacks to Shared Wisdom is a deliberate response to that silence.
TINTA is co-hosting this participatory space with BLESS Indonesia and Climate Breakthrough, as part of Skoll World Forum’s Marmalade Festival, a collaborative fringe festival focused on systems change, social innovation, and local-global connections.
This participatory gathering offers a warm yet rigorous space where stewards of change can look directly at what didn’t work, and articulate what became clearer because of it.
At its core is a simple question: what didn’t work, and what did we learn from it? When this question can be explored, something shifts. Leaders recover and adapt more honestly, teams become more transparent, strategies grow more responsive, and learning deepens. For funders, it also reframes risk: rather than asking how to eliminate failure, it invites a different question: how do we design safe-to-fail environments?
This gathering will feature curated storytellers from different continents and across diverse roles in the impact ecosystem. Confirmed storytellers include Leticia Doormann (TINTA), Savannah Ferguson (Climate Breakthrough), Inez Stefanie (Equatora Capital Supernova Ecosystem), Fito Rahdianto (Earth-Centered Economy Coalition | Koalisi Ekonomi Membumi), Saskia Tjokro (Angel Investment Network Indonesia) among others. There will be space for anyone attending who feels moved to share their own.
To protect the conversation, the session will be conducted under Chatham House Rules: participants are free to use the information shared, but may not attribute it to any individual or organisation. Expect honest stories, open-mic reflections, small-group conversations, and collective pattern-spotting.
If you believe learning is infrastructure, join us: #FailFest: From Setbacks to Shared Wisdom. 22 April 2026, 1:30 – 3:00 PM, Oxford Westgate Library, Oxford
