{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/debrief-the-work-not-the-person",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9109",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Debrief the work, not the person",
  "summary": "A useful debrief reconstructs decisions, conditions and actions.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Review what was expected, what happened, what information was available, what helped or hindered and what should change next time. Personal accountability can remain explicit without replacing system learning.",
  "limits": [
    "Team-learning practices consume time. Use them where there is a real performance or coordination question, and do not substitute process rituals for domain expertise."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-lead-without-authority-stakeholder-systems"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-99DE99332F99B58B"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "A meta-analysis of 46 samples found structured debriefs improved effectiveness on average and identified alignment, facilitation and structure as potentially important design features.",
      "source_id": "RS-99DE99332F99B58B",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Average effects across training and work settings do not imply that every retrospective meeting is useful or that longer debriefs are better.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "When a result was poor and the team needs to learn without turning review into blame."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Team-learning practices consume time. Use them where there is a real performance or coordination question, and do not substitute process rituals for domain expertise."
  ],
  "example": "After a failed cutover rehearsal, the team traces missing ownership and late validation rather than opening with 'who caused this?'",
  "check": "The review produces a change to the next cycle and can still name accountable actions.",
  "steps": [
    "Restate expected outcome.",
    "Reconstruct what actually happened.",
    "Identify decision and coordination gaps.",
    "Choose one or two changes for the next cycle."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-99DE99332F99B58B",
      "title": "Do Team and Individual Debriefs Enhance Performance? A Meta-Analysis",
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.1177/0018720812448394"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9109",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9110",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/start-debriefs-from-expected-versus-actual"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-47952011564F7728",
      "title": "Lead without formal authority: stakeholder decisions, delegation, voice, and team learning",
      "url": "/collections/lead-without-formal-authority-stakeholder-decisions-delegation-voice-and-team-learning"
    }
  ]
}