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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
Cut a long list down to a quarter's real priorities
Forces a long wish list into three to five priorities, says plainly what is being dropped, and tests whether the result fits your actual capacity.
Works with Claude, ChatGPTUpdated 2026-09-27
When to use it
Use this at quarterly planning, when the list of things everyone agrees are important is three times longer than the team can do. The hard part is not choosing what goes in; it is saying out loud what does not.
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