Epistemic status: My partner and I did 3 premortems for our romantic relationship and we found it surprisingly helpful.
Summary
- My partner and I did 3 premortems for our romantic relationship.
- The procedure is: define prompts; collect failures; independently estimate risk of each; align on estimates; brainstorm solutions.
- In addition to usual benefits of a single person premortem, such session becomes a dedicated safe space to raise and discuss concerns in batch.
What is premortem?
Premortem (aka Murphyjitsu) is "a process for bulletproofing your strategies and plans". (CFAR handbook). The idea is to first think how your plans can fail, then brainstorm ways to prevent these failures. For a deeper introduction please see Murphyjitsu section in the CFAR... (read 619 more words →)
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