Ep. 15: The Pre-Mortem: How Smart Leaders Plan for Failure
Most organizations spend far more time discussing why a project will succeed than why it might fail.
In this episode, Bruce Spurlock takes a deep dive into the pre-mortem, a decision-making framework developed by Gary Klein and popularized by Daniel Kahneman that helps organizations identify risks before they become expensive mistakes.
Unlike traditional planning exercises, the pre-mortem assumes the project has already failed and asks participants to work backward to explain why. The process creates space for dissent, surfaces hidden risks, challenges optimism bias, and often uncovers…
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