Leadership & StrategyAdvanced
Run a pre-mortem on a plan before you commit
Imagines the plan has failed, works out the most likely reasons why, and turns the credible ones into things to check or change now.
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Leadership & StrategyAdvanced
Write a decision memo that shows the real options
Lays out a decision as genuine options with their costs and risks, names the recommendation, and states what would change your mind.
Works with Claude, ChatGPTUpdated 2026-09-27
When to use it
Use this before a decision that others need to weigh in on. Most decision papers present one real option and two straw men; this is built to make the alternatives genuine and the assumptions visible.
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Write the memo in six sections.
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