ChatGPT Tip: Make Better Decisions With Premortems

Make Better Decisions With Premortems

A premortem imagines failure before it happens.

Best way to use it:

• Describe plan.
• Ask why it failed.
• Turn failures into safeguards.

Copy-ready prompt:

Run a premortem for this plan: [plan]. Imagine it failed in 6 months. List causes, warning signs, and prevention steps.

Quality check:

• Failure modes are plausible.
• Warning signs are measurable.
• Prevention steps are actionable.

DropTicks note:

Use ChatGPT like a workstation, not a magic answer box. Give it the role, goal, input material, constraints, expected output format, and review criteria. The stronger your workflow, the better the result.

Related source links:

• https://help.openai.com/en/collections/3742473-chatgpt
• https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6825453-chatgpt-release-notes
• https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-search/
• https://openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research/
• https://openai.com/index/introducing-canvas/

ChatGPT Tip: Make Better Decisions With Premortems

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