debriefing

after completing a team-building activity, it is important to have the participants reflect on their experience. This is called "debriefing."

with the help of an insightful and energizing facilitator, the group has a discussion around what they did, how it worked, and how they could have altered the result by doing something different. suggested questions to facilitate desired learning outcomes are as follows:

1. what happened?
2. how did you work together?
3. were agreements made?
4. what would you do differently?

note: participants will not genuinely contribute unless the environment has allowed participants to let-down their guards, roles and assumptions. in other words, safety and trust have been established for people to actually say what is REALLY on their minds. a professional facilitator is required in this type of situation, as group dynamics need to be managed with care.