Knowledge Under Pressure
On The ITSO Matrix, Premortem, and Humanity
Field notes from what we’ve been up to, what we’ve been taking in, and what we are thinking about at The Emergency Mind Project.
If you have ideas or things you’d like to see — or if you want to help and get more involved — I’d love to hear from you: dan@emergencymind.com
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The ITSO Matrix to Optimize Systems-Based Medical Education + Patient Care
The ITSO Matrix is a mental model designed to help groups map the existing strategies they use to perform under pressure across multiple scales and plan new priorities. In this article for the International Clinician Educators Network, we explore the ITSO Matrix and apply it to improving patient care and medical education.
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Premortem: Criticality, and Probability
No surprise that I love the premortem technique. I use it frequently and teach it across domains. This quick video by The McChrystal Group gives a great overview but also digs into some of the details of criticality and probability that are often glossed over when talking about pre-mortem exercises.
