Pre-Mortem

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Strategy

Foundational Lexiconimagine failure
Executive Parlanceprospective autopsy
Scholarly Discourseanticipatory hindsight
Babel ZenithPre-Mortem
Origin: Gary Klein

Etymology & Meaning

Imagining a project has failed and explaining why.

In the Boardroom

Asking 'why did this fail?' before launching.

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