#Pre Mortem

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Pre-Mortems: The Counterintuitive Practice of Killing Your Decisions Before They Kill You

The most expensive mistakes aren't the ones you make — they're the ones you could have seen coming. Here's how to systematically surface what could go wrong before you've committed resources, reputation, and time to a doomed path.

April 18, 20269 min read

Decision-Making Techniques

Inversion: The Mental Model That Prevents Disasters

The most successful decision-makers don't just ask 'How do I succeed?' They obsessively ask 'How could I fail?' This counterintuitive approach—called inversion—might be the most underrated tool for avoiding catastrophic mistakes.

April 12, 20269 min read

Decision-Making Techniques

Pre-Mortems: The Art of Killing Bad Decisions Before They Happen

What if you could attend the funeral of your failed project before you even started it? The pre-mortem technique flips traditional planning on its head, using prospective hindsight to surface the risks your optimistic brain desperately wants to ignore.

February 19, 202610 min read