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The pre-mortem: imagining failure before deciding

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The pre-mortem: imagining failure before deciding — SHR, Fribourg
The pre-mortem: imagining failure before deciding — SHR, Fribourg

The pre-mortem: imagining failure before deciding

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Gary Klein (2007, Harvard Business Review)

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