{"id":23923,"date":"2015-03-26T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T14:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kepner-tregoe.com\/the-premortem-technique-to-de-bias-decisions\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T14:37:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:37:51","slug":"the-premortem-technique-to-de-bias-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.kepner-tregoe.com\/nl\/blogs\/the-premortem-technique-to-de-bias-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;Premortem&#8221; technique to de-bias decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do you increase the chances that the thinking behind a decision is valid? Daniel Kahneman discusses the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/2007\/09\/performing-a-project-premortem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premortem<\/a>&#8220;, a simple technique for \u201cde-biasing\u201d the thinking that goes into a decision before it is locked in. In just three minutes, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f432ultnPQI&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kahneman makes the case<\/a> for shining a light on the thinking that has led to a decision before there is no turning back.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"vm-79650b1f-5f0a-4f39-894f-17c59143b9c5\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/67596631\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-ready=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you increase the chances that the thinking behind a decision is valid? Daniel Kahneman discusses the &#8220;Premortem&#8220;, a simple technique for \u201cde-biasing\u201d the thinking that goes into a decision before it is locked in. 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