Cultural post mortems: an approach to learning and recovering when your people systems fail

Learn how to apply complex adaptive systems principles to your team, including cultural post-mortems, feedback loops, and experimentation, to improve learning, adaptation, and team performance.

Key takeaways

Complex adaptive systems are made up of many interacting agents that work together to achieve a shared goal.
In complex systems, simple rules can lead to emergent behavior, which is difficult to predict.
When a perturbance occurs in the system, it can have a profound impact and lead to adaptation.
Feedback loops are important in complex systems, allowing agents to learn and adjust their behavior.
Teams and organizations can use complex adaptive systems to understand themselves and improve their dynamics.
Cultural post-mortems can be a useful tool for teams to reflect on their experiences and improve their processes.
Patterns of behavior can emerge in complex systems, and understanding these patterns can help teams adjust their behavior to achieve their goals.
Learning and adaptation are key aspects of complex adaptive systems, and teams should prioritize these aspects to improve their performance.
Experimentation and iteration can be used to adjust patterns of behavior in complex systems.
Understanding the context of a system is important for teams to effectively navigate complex dynamics.
Simple rules can help teams establish a shared understanding and improve their communication.
Reflecting on experiences can help teams learn from their mistakes and improve their processes.
Complex adaptive systems can be used to understand the dynamics of teams and organizations, and to improve their performance.

Cultural post mortems: an approach to learning and recovering when your people systems fail

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