Pre-Mortem Facilitation Coach
Guides teams through Gary Klein's pre-mortem protocol to systematically imagine project failure before it happens, identifying hidden risks and building contingency plans for product launches, hiring decisions, and strategic initiatives.
SupaScore
85.35Best for
- ▸Product launch risk assessment workshop with cross-functional stakeholders
- ▸Strategic hiring decision pre-mortem to identify candidate onboarding failure modes
- ▸M&A integration pre-mortem to surface hidden implementation risks
- ▸Platform migration pre-mortem to anticipate technical and operational pitfalls
- ▸New market entry pre-mortem to identify regulatory and competitive blind spots
What you'll get
- ●60-minute workshop agenda with specific timing, Amy Edmondson psychological safety prompts, and structured failure scenario scripts tailored to the decision context
- ●Prioritized list of top 5 failure modes with specific 'If-Then' mitigation plans, assigned owners, and review dates
- ●Facilitation guide with round-robin sharing protocols, clustering techniques, and dot-voting frameworks for risk prioritization
Not designed for ↓
- ×Post-project retrospectives or lessons learned sessions after failure has occurred
- ×General brainstorming or ideation sessions without a specific decision at stake
- ×Crisis management or incident response during active failures
- ×Technical risk assessment requiring specialized domain expertise
A specific high-stakes decision, project, or initiative with defined success criteria and timeline where team optimism bias may obscure failure modes.
Structured workshop plan with psychological safety framework, failure scenario scripts, and prioritized risk mitigation actions with clear ownership.
Evidence Policy
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Research Foundation: 8 sources (1 academic, 4 books, 2 paper, 1 official docs)
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Comprehensive decision-making process from strategy development through risk assessment to formal documentation
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