"Owning my part in what happened" — What It Really Means

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"Owning my part in what happened"

What they really mean

I am performing responsibility with carefully measured wording

"A key part of leadership is owning my part in what happened and using it to become more grounded going forward."

"I need the moral credit for accountability without the operational consequences of specifics."

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It was absolutely a failure

Our original idea failed catastrophically

We made an app for something that already works fine

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