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Debriefing to Gather the Learnings
Experience is not what happens to you, it is what you do with what happens to you.
——Aldous Huxley1
The word debrief came into popular usage during the early space programs. When the astronauts returned from outer space, the first thing they did was participate in an after-action review session so that findings from the mission could be captured while the experience was still fresh in their minds. Learning about those journeys to where no one had ventured before was riveting, and the information gathered in the review was so useful that the practice was widely adapted by consultants, educators, managers, and executives.
In these pages the word debrief is used for after-the-fact review discussions about a ...
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