Most organizations perform postmortems after failure. Very few perform them after success.
Success turns assumptions into doctrine. Processes become permanent. Decisions stop being questioned. Confidence quietly replaces curiosity.
The danger isn’t that success makes organizations complacent. It’s that success removes the pressure that once exposed their weaknesses.
Past success proves you adapted to yesterday. It says very little about tomorrow.
https://primamachina.substack.com/p/success-creates-blind-spots