{"id":1043,"date":"2014-02-11T06:59:43","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T06:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knowledgeetal.com\/?p=1043"},"modified":"2016-10-19T10:50:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T09:50:41","slug":"8-essentials-for-conducting-good-debriefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeetal.com\/?p=1043","title":{"rendered":"8 essentials for conducting good debriefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is taken from my recent interview with<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apqc.org\/blog\/different-way-acquire-lessons-learned-knowledge-management\" target=\"_blank\"> APQC<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Their question: In your experience, is there one thing that all great debriefings have in common that allows them to be productive?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>And my answer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>All good <span style=\"color: #888888;\">DEBRIEFS<\/span> have<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>D<\/strong>esign: A good agenda agreed to in advance with a specified end sent to the right people.<\/li>\n<li><strong>E<\/strong>nvironment: If this is wrong you are starting from a negative place.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Br<\/strong>iefing: The set up is vital \u2013 the key players need to commit to being there and to understand what the objectives of the session are.<\/li>\n<li><strong>R<\/strong>oles: Make sure people know why they are there and what\u2019s expected of them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>I<\/strong>ntuition: if you are facilitating, trust your judgment and be flexible and willing to go down different pathways; expect the unexpected!<\/li>\n<li><strong>E<\/strong>ngagement: Be appreciative and encourage laughter. When people laugh they relax and are engaged, when people relax they are often creative, and when people are creative things happen.<\/li>\n<li><strong>F<\/strong>ood and Beverages: They lubricate the tongue and act as a natural break.<\/li>\n<li><strong>S<\/strong>ilence: Don\u2019t be afraid to let it hang when you are getting to an uncomfortable moment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is taken from my recent interview with APQC. Their question: In your experience, is there one thing that all great debriefings have in common that allows them to be productive? And my answer All good DEBRIEFS have Design: A &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knowledgeetal.com\/?p=1043\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[591,599],"tags":[350,349],"class_list":["post-1043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blue-sky-left-field-ideas-pro-bono-activities","category-knowledge-techniques-technologies","tag-apqc","tag-debrief"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeetal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeetal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeetal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeetal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeetal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1043"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeetal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2074,"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeetal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions\/2074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeetal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeetal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeetal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}