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# [Incident Retrospectives Without Blame](https://novaaiops.hashnode.dev/incident-retrospectives-without-blame?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

I've run over 100 post-mortems. The worst ones end with 'Alice will be more careful.' The best ones end with 'we fixed the system.' Here's how you get from the first to the second. The language rule Ban these phrases from retros: 'Should have...' 'A...

May 10 · 2 min read · novaaiops.hashnode.dev  
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