Commit to a Two-Day Premortem
Commit to running a short premortem on a real strategic decision within two days.
Run a 10-minute premortem on one upcoming strategic commitment. Use this for a launch approval, market-entry decision, strategic account plan, partner bet, pricing rollout, roadmap pivot, or executive proposal that is close enough to be concrete but still changeable. I will run a premortem for [decision] by [date]. Prompt: It is [future date] and this failed. The three most plausible reasons are [risk 1], [risk 2], and [risk 3]. The one design change we will make now is [change], owned by [name]. In 2 days, check whether the premortem happened and whether it produced at least one change, owner, or…
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