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Pre-mortem the trial plan

Run a trial-readiness pre-mortem that converts failure scenarios into owners, safeguards, and decision dates.

01 Invite risk 02 Convert 03 Fresh trial Six weeks out The team is confident, but one weak expert assumption could change the entire damages story. The moment to hear that is before the trial plan becomes identity. Pre-mortem lens Assume failure early enough to prevent it The pre-mortem works by giving the team permission to name what optimism suppresses, then turning those failure modes into controls. Reflex Ask for confidence and get performance The team changes the plan before the weakness becomes public. The pre-mortem is not pessimism. It is a structured way to make candor useful while change…

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