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Favorite Here is an interesting video from the WHO about the use of various methods for debrief and the collection of new knowledge and lessons learned. The video describes four types of review, which they apply to health responses and emergencies, and they use the term After Action Review
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Shared by Nick Milton October 23, 2020
Favorite The text below is from an article entitled Getting the most from after action reviews to improve global health security Image from wikimedia commons “Tannenbaum and Cerasoli conducted a systematic review of findings from 46 studies. Limiting their analysis to studies that reported on the impacts of AARs on “quantifiable
Read More Shared by Nick Milton October 22, 2020
Favorite AAR is a quick and simple but powerful KM process. Here are 11 rules for AAR success. After Action Review (AAR) is one of the most basic Knowledge Management processes – quick, simple and powerful when used well, and when used to drive change and improvement. An organisation that
Read More Shared by Nick Milton July 19, 2019
Favorite Learning effectively from projects is a goal for many organisations. Here are some ways how to do it. Dams project team, by US Army Corps of Engineers, on Flickr The list below of success factors for project-based learning was proposed by Schindler and Eppler, two researchers working out of
Read More Shared by Nick Milton October 30, 2018
Favorite Sometimes learning after an event should be instantaneous, as in the “Tailboard AARs” used by fire crews. The Tailboard AAR is a term used by the Fire Service to describe a short Knowledge-sharing session (an After Action Review) that should happen immediately after activity, around the Tailboard of a fire
Read More Shared by Nick Milton October 10, 2018
Favorite The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has a pretty good process for capturing and distributing lessons. Here are the 11 steps. Every Emergency Services organisation pays close attention to Lesson-Learning (see for the approach taken by the Wildland Fire Service). They know that effective attention to learning from lessons can
Read More Shared by Nick Milton January 12, 2018
Favorite When we talk about Culture Change and Knowledge Management, we need to realise that the Knowledge Management processes themselves are in themselves culture change agents. After Action reviews are a prime example. They promote openness; people will learn that ‘there is no comeback’ and questions will receive answers. They promote
Read More Shared by Nick Milton September 19, 2017
Favorite After Action reviews are one of the core tools in Knowledge Management – but what makes them so powerful? After Action review by US Army Europe on Flickr After Action Reviews (AARs) are like the Hammer in the Knowledge Manager’s toolkit – one of the most basic and most
Read More Shared by Nick Milton January 13, 2017