If learning from failure can be powerful, then why wait for failure to happen? Why not intentionally design for it, and harness it for deep learning and growth? In Productive Failure, learning scientist Manu Kapur delivers a startlingly insightful discussion of how to do this. The book offers evidence-based principles that demonstrate how to deliberately design for and transform failure into a deep learning signal, generating in learners a lifelong readiness to push themselves outside their comfort zones and use setbacks as launchpads for development and innovation. The techniques taught within are revolutionary not just within formal schooling and work contexts, but for anyone taking charge of and designing their own lifelong learning. Productive Failure unpacks the science of Kapur's theory and describes design principles and strategies you can benefit from immediately. You'll learn to apply the book's techniques in classrooms, teams, groups, and organizational settings as it walks you through retrieval practice, generative problem-solving, motivational hacking, culture building, and more. You'll also reach new levels of critical thinking, innovation, and success by making failure the norm, rather than the exception, and learning how to harness it. Perfect for educators, parents, business leaders, managers, and executives, Productive Failure is also a can't-miss resource for entrepreneurs, founders, lifelong learners, and anyone else who wants to help themselves or others to learn better, faster, and more productively.