Debriefing 2020 January 12, 2021

If there was ever a year to keep in the rear-view mirror, it is 2020.  However, there are also reasons to embrace the year for what it was and debrief on critical achievements and lessons learned. In this post we look at why debriefs are a critical business tool, what you can debrief on from 2020 and how to conduct a successful debrief in a remote work environment.

The Value of Debriefing for Individuals and Organizations

Many of us think of a debrief as the final step in a project or a file before moving on to the next; indeed it is part of the legal project management methodology and training that we use at Stikeman Elliott for our lawyers.  What we tend to forget is why a debrief is so valuable for our ongoing development and that it can be leveraged in circumstances beyond individual legal projects or files.