Practices

Techniques and workflows you can use today. Methods for better decisions and clearer thinking.

Decision Making
The Pre-Mortem
Imagine the project failed. Work backwards. Find the failure before it happens.
The Decision Journal
Record decisions when you make them. Review when outcomes are known. Learn from your own judgment.
The Bias Check
Structured prompts to surface your blind spots before the decision is final.
Problem Solving
The Five Whys
Keep asking why until you hit root cause. The first answer is rarely the real answer.
The Minimum Viable Test
What's the cheapest experiment that could prove you wrong? Design for falsification.
Organizational Rhythm
The Weekly Audit
Scheduled subtraction. Protected time to ask: what should we stop doing?
The Async Default
Meetings as exception, not rule. Write first, meet only when you must.
The Handoff Protocol
Transfer knowledge without losing the tacit. Documentation that actually works.