The Team Pre-Mortem
Before launching, ask the team to imagine it failed and write why.
The concept
Manufactured psychological safety through structured pessimism
Edmondson's psychological-safety research at HBS shows that teams surface 'undiscussables' fastest when the structure invites them. A pre-mortem — 'it's six months later and this failed; what happened?' — makes pessimism the assigned task, removing the social cost of being the doubter.
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