Exercise 2.2: The Pre-Mortem

Black Swan Resilience and Organizational Continuity · 4:12

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[Verse 1]
Picture this: eighteen months ahead in time
Your company has fallen, crossed the final line
Not from risks you saw or planned to face
But from blind spots hidden in this place
We're looking back from failure's edge
To find the cracks beneath the ledge

[Chorus]
Pre-mortem vision, working backward now
System gaps and culture flaws, we'll find them somehow
What we missed, what we couldn't see
Planning holes that brought us to our knees
Pre-mortem vision, crystal clear
Surface risks that weren't in our sphere

[Verse 2]
Start with failure as your given fact
Then trace the path that led to this impact
Not the obvious threats you've planned before
But deeper issues at your core
Cultural blindness in your team
Vulnerabilities unforeseen

[Chorus]
Pre-mortem vision, working backward now
System gaps and culture flaws, we'll find them somehow
What we missed, what we couldn't see
Planning holes that brought us to our knees
Pre-mortem vision, crystal clear
Surface risks that weren't in our sphere

[Bridge]
Ask the questions no one wants to face
What assumptions led us to this place
Dependencies we took for granted
Seeds of failure we unknowingly planted
Look beyond your standard BIA scope
Find the risks that killed our hope

[Verse 3]
Gather round your team and play this game
Imagine defeat without the shame
What systemic weakness let us down
What cultural patterns turned us around
This exercise will show the way
To black swan threats that hide today

[Chorus]
Pre-mortem vision, working backward now
System gaps and culture flaws, we'll find them somehow
What we missed, what we couldn't see
Planning holes that brought us to our knees
Pre-mortem vision, crystal clear
Surface risks that weren't in our sphere

[Outro]
From failure's end to present day
Pre-mortem lights the hidden way
Black swan planning starts right here
With vision that makes blind spots clear

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