Bounce Back from a Failure with a "Deep Tissue Post-Mortem"

We all fail but sometimes it’s hard to recover from it.

Consultant Ashley Good suggests looking inward after a failure and doing a “deep tissue post-mortem.”

That undermines the depth of learning that’s possible.

have a go at figure out why the failure happened.

What assumptions were made?

What experiences led to it?

That really deepens what it’s possible for you to learn from the experience.

Also, listen to other perspectives on what happened.

I often bring together different stakeholders in the failure to talk about it.

If you bring five people together, you’ll get five different stories about what went wrong.

Failure’s important, just ensure you actually learn something from it.