How to debrief a game ?

Some technics to debrief a game

5 steps to debrief a game

As a facilitator you can follow those 5 steps in order to make the debrief efficient :

1) Feeling Let the participants talk

• How did you feel during the exercise ?

• What did you feel ?

2) Proofreading After the feeling, gather the facts.

• What happened ?

• How did it go ?

• What difficulties have emerged ? When ?

3) Learnings Participants try to theorize their experience.

• What did you learn ?

• What did you become aware of during this game ?

• What would you have changed to reach a better result ?

4) Contextualization Participants must try to transpose it to their own professional context.

• What parallel could you do with your professional context ?

• Have you had a sense of “déjà vu” ?

• What is your interest in your work or your daily life ?

• Did it seem realistic / exaggerated, why ?

5) Knowledge transfer Deliver theoretical insight and evoke all the lessons that can be learned from the game.

At the end, demonstrate that the game is a formidable weapon!!!

Debriefing Cube

To debrief a game you can also use a tool called “Debriefing cube”. You can find all the informations about this cube here.