Postbriefing
A postbriefing is a structured debriefing session that occurs after an event, mission, or operation to review its outcomes, challenges, and lessons learned. It serves as a critical tool for improving future performance, fostering team collaboration, and ensuring accountability. Unlike prebriefings, which prepare participants for an upcoming task, postbriefings focus on retrospective analysis, allowing teams to reflect on what went well, what could be improved, and how decisions were made in real time.
Postbriefings are commonly used in military, corporate, emergency response, and educational settings. In military operations, for
Effective postbriefings follow a structured approach, often beginning with a summary of key events, followed by
While postbriefings are valuable, their success depends on participation, honesty, and a willingness to learn. When