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After Action Review Process Prescribed Fire Workshop Gulfport, Mississippi November 2004
After Action Review Process
Prescribed Fire WorkshopGulfport, MississippiNovember 2004
Session ObjectivesDescribe a learning organization & componentsAAR learning org. toolAAR facilitation is key Explain three techniques
Lessons Learned Center ObjectivesImprove safe work performance Improve organizational learningShare knowledgePromote organizational change
What is a Learning Organization?A learning organization is Creating, acquiring, interpreting, transferring, and retaining knowledge.Purposefully modifying its behavior to reflect new knowledge and insights.
Critical TasksA learning organization tries to do six things 1. Collect intelligence about the environment.2. Learn from the best practices of other organizations.3. Learn from its own experiences and past history.
Continued 4. Experiment with new approaches.5. Encourage systematic problem solving.6. Transfer knowledge throughout the organization.
After Action Reviews (AARs)An inexpensive, simple, systematic process that has the power to change an entire work culture:
1. What did we set out to do?2. What actually happened?3. Why was there a difference?4. What are we going to do next time?
Conducting AARsSchedule shortly after activityMake AARs routineCollective objective dataUse trained facilitatorsEstablish clear ground rulesInvolve all participants
Facilitation Techniques1. Setting Up AAR Discussion2. Restating a Point3. Handling Blame4. Bringing Out Quiet Ones5. Interrupting a Dominant Member6. When Group is in Denial
Techniques (continued)7. Pursue issue to root cause8. Negative polling for ?s9. Building up or eliminating ideas10. Avoid win/lose decisions11. Ask open ended ?s
AARs Begin The Knowledge Transfer ProcessMost of the AAR results will be used to enhance or sustain the performance of your unit or team.Gems and nuggets will surface that are valuable to others, but only if they can have access to the knowledge.
AAR Rollup to the LLCA tool for collecting the gems and nuggets from your AAR in a simple and easy way. 1. Describe one or more of your successes that others can learn from?2. What was one of the challenges you faced and how did you overcome it?3. How can training be improved?4. What are your recommendations for unresolved issues?
Informal group of people with similar work-related activities and interestsCan belong to multiple agencies or reporting structuresCommunity members regularly transfer and retain knowledgeBurn Boss Community of Practice
Session ObjectivesDescribe a learning organization & componentsAAR learning org. toolAAR facilitation is key Explain three techniques
www.wildfirelessons.netPaula Nasiatka, Center Manager (520) [email protected] Christenson, Asst. Ctr. Mgr.(520) [email protected]
