# Postmortems for Learning From Mistakes

DevFeed: [Postmortems for Learning From Mistakes](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/learn-out-of-mistakes-postmortems-to-the-rescue-34666.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://fernandocejas.com/2020/03/21/learn-out-of-mistakes-postmortems/>)

Author: Fernando Cejas (me@fernandocejas.com)

Published: 2020-06-21T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Fernando Cejas Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/fernando-cejas-blog.md>)

Topics: [Learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/learning.md>), [retrospectives](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/retrospectives.md>), [Resilience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/resilience.md>)

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## AI overview

The author argues that organizations should treat mistakes as opportunities to learn without blaming people. The article presents postmortems as a way to share lessons, discuss them in retrospectives, avoid repeating failures, and build resilience.

## Source excerpt

**Postmortems** are a valuable tool for learning out of mistakes. They provide **useful conclusions** and should be included in retrospectives for further discussion in order to **not fall into the same trap again.**