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In the spirit of Great Ideas, I wanted to pass along a few cool ideas I've come across recently:

- Awards for failure. Sometimes we learn more from failure than from success--but nobody ever seems to recognize failures in a public way (other than negatively). The Wharton School is actually honoring great failures as part of its new "Competing in a Flat World" awards program. The program, intended to recognize the best strategies for succeeding in a flat world, will award two prizes--one for the best successful strategies and one for the best insights from failure.

- Great ideas from Tom Peters. Tom Peters, who seems to always be full of new ideas, has posted 50 "have yous" on his blog--as in, "Have you visited a customer in the last 10 days?" or "Have you thanked a frontline employee for carrying around a great attitude today?" There's some wonderful nuggets of wisdom in his list--I highly recommend you read the whole thing.

- Going viral. According to a recent report by Horowitz Associates, about 61% of Internet users download online video content at least once a week and 86% do so monthly. Could your profession or industry's stories be told through video? If it's something you're considering, these tips from a viral video marketer might help you create a video that really goes places. (Some of his tips may not sit well with everyone; the author did a follow-up post as well to address some concerns commenters raised about his first post.)