A whiteboard and post-it notes can make your debrief sessions much more efficient. These tools will prevent people from dominating the conversation, help articulate the problem, and see the whole picture.

Here's an example of how you can introduce post-its and a whiteboard into your debrief session:

• Draw the board into squares that correspond to your session points — for instance, Key takeaways, Needs, Goals, Surprises, etc.
• Give each participant a stack of post-its and a thick felt-tip pen.
• Go through each point individually. Allow people to brainstorm ideas and write one idea per note.
• After they are done, let everyone stick their notes on the board without talking.
• Once everyone has contributed, open up the floor for discussion and group similar ideas.

Follow these steps and you'll have a board with all the highlights and key insights. You can also reshuffle these reflections by issue severity or ease of addressing.^[1]