Learn · Strategy · 5 min
Run a pre-mortem on your plan
Imagine the plan has already failed, and let AI help you list why while there is still time to fix it.
Write the plan in five lines
Goal, who it is for, the date, the money and the one thing that must go right.
Ask how it failed
Tell the assistant it is a year from now and the plan failed. Ask for the ten most likely reasons, from the obvious to the awkward.
Sort by what you control
Mark each reason as yours to fix, someone else's, or luck. Spend your time on the first group.
Change one thing today
Pick the reason that is most likely and cheapest to prevent, and change the plan now.
Try it now
Run a pre-mortem on a plan you are working on.
Reviewed from: Generative AI for Beginners (Microsoft). Written in our own words.
Drafted with AI from the linked sources. Check the links for the full detail.