Debrief the work and test one change
Whena team job or work cycle ends
Bring the people who did the work together. Compare what was intended with what happened. Hear their explanations, choose one practical change and assign an owner. At the next cycle, check the change.
- Steps
- What helped? What got in the way?
- What will we change, who will do it, and when will we check?
Start tiny
Ask what should be different next time.
SafetyKeep required incident reporting; do not use this as a trauma debrief or blame hearing.
Tannenbaum & Cerasoli (2013), Do Team and Individual Debriefs Enhance Performance? A Meta-Analysis, Human Factors 55(1), 231–245. Read the source ↗ Structured work reflection is supported across 46 samples; this short recurring format is adapted, with no promised percentage improvement.
Mastery: Inspect your work, apply a specific correction in later practice and check whether it helped.
