Foster a Blameless Culture for Mistakes & Failures
This standard mandates the fostering of a blameless culture where mistakes and failures are treated as learning opportunities, not personal failures.
1. Foster a Blameless Culture for Mistakes & Failures:
Ensure that failures are treated as learning opportunities, not personal failures. This approach promotes a culture of continuous improvement and reduces fear of experimentation.
- 1.1 Blameless Post-Mortems:
- 1.1.1 Incident Analysis:
- Conduct blameless post-mortems after incidents or failures.
- Automate the scheduling of post-mortem meetings.
- 1.1.2 Root Cause Focus:
- Focus on understanding root causes rather than assigning blame.
- Automate the documentation of root cause analysis.
- 1.2 Lessons Learned Implementation:
- 1.2.1 Documentation Encouragement:
- Encourage teams to document lessons learned and implement improvements.
- Automate the tracking of documented lessons.
- 1.2.2 Improvement Tracking:
- Automate the tracking of implemented improvements.
- Implement improvement feedback collection.
By fostering a blameless culture, organisations can encourage learning and reduce fear of failure.