Blameless Post-Mortems: Turning Failure into Strategy
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In this episode of The Product Handbook, we explore how product managers can run post-mortems that actually drive learning and improvement — without the blame game.You’ll learn:What makes a post-mortem different from a retrospective, and when to use eachHow to structure a post-mortem for clear insights and actionable outcomesTechniques to keep the process focused on systems and decisions, not individual mistakesThe role of documentation and follow-ups in building long-term team resilienceHow AI tools are starting to streamline analysis, reporting, and action trackingIf you’ve ever wrapped a project or release and thought, “We should’ve learned more from this,” this episode gives you the framework to make post-mortems a habit that strengthens your team and your product.