Reasons for debriefing

A debrief is a short meeting with your team or clients where you discuss and reflect on research that just took place. Debriefs usually last from about 30 minutes to an hour. This can be as formal as a moderated activity or as informal as a conversation over a team dinner.

Debrief sessions are a great way to:

• Get the team to interact with each other and encourage collaboration
• Immediately reflect on what happened during the session
• Help team members process and understand key information to continue to work on a project
• Get the team a chance to offer their feedback on the study and suggest ideas for improvement
• Separate research insights into immediately actionable vs. bigger issues
• Simplify the research process by discussing important information throughout the project life cycle, making final synthesis sessions shorter and more effective^[1]