Leaders understand the power of the Devil’s Advocate, someone who plays the role of chief doubter and critic in the discussion of an important decision.
In behavioural science, the concept of the "devil's advocate" is a strategic method to combat optimism bias. Pre-mortem method, is another way to enable the "devil's advocate". In this technique, before a project begins, you would ask the team the following question: "imagine we are six months in the future, and the project is a complete disaster! Take a two minutes and write down what went wrong". This foresight encourages proactive problem-solving and risk mitigation.
Conversely, "angel's advocacy" or the pro-mortem method, also similar to the PR/FAQ method used at Amazon, is a complementary approach. It focuses on envisioning positive outcomes and the successful completion of a project.
Both pre-mortem, and pro-mortem methods popularised by Gary Klein - a research psychologist famous for pioneering in the field of naturalistic decision making.
Flipping the narrative and reorienting from the negative to the positive is such a creative use of language. Am fascinated by neuro linguistic programming and this is a great example
Interestingly enough, last night my manager and I were discussing communication. The current department, I am in doesn't have much. Whereas the department I am from had over-communication. He emphasized the importance of finding that happy medium.
In behavioural science, the concept of the "devil's advocate" is a strategic method to combat optimism bias. Pre-mortem method, is another way to enable the "devil's advocate". In this technique, before a project begins, you would ask the team the following question: "imagine we are six months in the future, and the project is a complete disaster! Take a two minutes and write down what went wrong". This foresight encourages proactive problem-solving and risk mitigation.
Conversely, "angel's advocacy" or the pro-mortem method, also similar to the PR/FAQ method used at Amazon, is a complementary approach. It focuses on envisioning positive outcomes and the successful completion of a project.
Both pre-mortem, and pro-mortem methods popularised by Gary Klein - a research psychologist famous for pioneering in the field of naturalistic decision making.
Flipping the narrative and reorienting from the negative to the positive is such a creative use of language. Am fascinated by neuro linguistic programming and this is a great example
Interestingly enough, last night my manager and I were discussing communication. The current department, I am in doesn't have much. Whereas the department I am from had over-communication. He emphasized the importance of finding that happy medium.
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