Premortem Decision Making
copyright Steve Oakes and Martin Griffin info@vespa.academy
…and ‘the cobra effect’
Pre-Mortem Decision-Making
copyright Steve Oakes and Martin Griffin info@vespa.academy
Pre-Mortem Decision-Making
copyright Steve Oakes and Martin Griffin info@vespa.academy
Matthew Confer introduces ‘the cobra effect’ and the power of the pre-mortem
Pre-Mortem Decision-Making
What’s the study equivalent of a pre-mortem?
List all the ways in which you could fail to study, then make a plan for each.
Here’s some examples…
copyright Steve Oakes and Martin Griffin info@vespa.academy
Pre-Mortem Scenario: | Pre-made Decision |
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Pre-Mortem Scenario: | Pre-made Decision |
You plan on doing some important research, but your internet connection is down. |
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Pre-Mortem Scenario: | Pre-made Decision |
You plan on doing some important research, but your internet connection is down. |
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You set aside some time to catch up some crucial work, but a friend arrives and wants to hang out and chat. |
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Pre-Mortem Scenario: | Pre-made Decision |
You plan on doing some important research, but your internet connection is down. |
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You set aside some time to catch up some crucial work, but a friend arrives and wants to hang out and chat. |
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It’s a perfect day for catching up on tasks, you know you’ve got a significant amount of work to do, but the sun is out. |
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Pre-Mortem Scenario: | Pre-made Decision |
You plan on doing some important research, but your internet connection is down. |
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You set aside some time to catch up some crucial work, but a friend arrives and wants to hang out and chat. |
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It’s a perfect day for catching up on tasks, you know you’ve got a significant amount of work to do, but the sun is out. |
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You’re planning on working, but there’s a noisy debate going on in the canteen. |
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Pre-Mortem Scenario: | Pre-made Decision |
You plan on doing some important research, but your internet connection is down. |
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You set aside some time to catch up some crucial work, but a friend arrives and wants to hang out and chat. |
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It’s a perfect day for catching up on tasks, you know you’ve got a significant amount of work to do, but the sun is out. |
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You’re planning on working, but there’s a noisy debate going on in the canteen. |
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You have important tasks you want to get finished but there is something great on TV/social/the internet. |
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Pre-Mortem Scenario: | Pre-made Decision |
You plan on doing some important research, but your internet connection is down. |
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You set aside some time to catch up some crucial work, but a friend arrives and wants to hang out and chat. |
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It’s a perfect day for catching up on tasks, you know you’ve got a significant amount of work to do, but the sun is out. |
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You’re planning on working, but there’s a noisy debate going on in the canteen. |
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You have important tasks you want to get finished but there is something great on TV/social/the internet. |
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A close friend suggests grades aren’t that important – that classes are boring and college is worthless. They ask you to join them in quitting study, deliberately failing all courses. |
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