The CTO Podcast with Fexingo · 2026-07-27 · 8 min
This episode of The CTO Podcast dives into Google's incident postmortem culture. Lucas and Luna explore how the tech giant's blameless postmortems, systematic root cause analysis, and actionable follow-ups have cut repeat incidents by 50 percent. They discuss the cultural shift needed to move from blame to learning, the role of leadership in modeling transparency, and how small engineering teams can adopt similar practices. Drawing on internal studies and decades of incident data, the hosts unpack why postmortems are more than just a retrospective - they're a strategic tool for reliability. The conversation also touches on the balance between speed and thoroughness, common pitfalls like scope creep, and how to turn postmortems into org-wide process improvements. Perfect for CTOs, engineering managers, and anyone responsible for system reliability at scale.
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