After a major mistake at work, finding a way forward can be painful. And many bosses become frantic in their search for the root of the problem.

Fortune writer Nat Greene contends that leaders move too quickly in their haste to find out what went wrong, which may prevent them from repeating this mistake in the future.

Take the postmortem meeting, for example. By now, you’ve likely participated in these debriefing meetings after membership goals weren’t hit or major campaigns failed to meet targets. Greene says to nix those sessions altogether.

“… Such an exercise is often a collection of guesses about what the root cause might have been,” writes Greene. “When people bring their own biases and assumptions into the group’s understanding of the setback, the approach can lead you astray.”

Instead, start analyzing the setback by determining which parts of the problem are under your control and which parts are not. It’s natural to place the blame on external problems, but you’ll keep repeating failures if you don’t examine what you can control.

Millennials Reclaim “Millennial”

Reclaiming the word #millennial and why @buzzfeed is okay with using it | @CJR https://t.co/RQRwzPNikZ

— News/Media Alliance (@newsalliance) April 17, 2017

At some point, we’ve all cringed when using the word “millennial” as a stand-in for all 20-somethings and 30-somethings.

But if any publication could make us feel a little better about using this word, it’s BuzzFeed. The popular website has officially given the OK to use the word in a piece jointly published in the Columbia Journalism Review.

BuzzFeed once banned the use of the word in its editorial guidelines (except for in very specific circumstances). But the ubiquitous use of the word, from the very generation itself, has caused BuzzFeed to acknowledge that “millennial” has gone from a “cheesy marketing buzzword” to “just another everyday descriptive word in our vernacular.”

Other Links of Note

More effective meetings. Wild Apricot shares ways to find better speakers for your next event.

Digital relationships. Thinking about trying influencer marketing? Hootsuite provides a thorough guide to follow.

Keep it simple. TapFuse, a software company, argues for minimal tech usage at your next meeting.

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