Post-Mortem Culture
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
The shared norms around how an organization investigates failures after they happen, including whether reviews are blameful or learning-oriented and whether follow-up actions actually occur. Strong post-mortem culture turns incidents into institutional memory rather than recurring pain.
In plain English: The way a team or company handles learning from failures after they happen.
Example: "The company’s post-mortem culture improved once action items got owners and deadlines instead of just narratives."