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After Action Review: Make adaptation part of the operating rhythm
A short review based on real evidence helps a team update assumptions before problems compound.
After a project or experiment, ask four questions: what did we intend to happen, what actually happened, what explains the difference, and what is the next move? These short questions keep a review from becoming an unfocused story.
Use the evidence available at the time and separate facts from interpretations. A useful review is not a search for someone to blame; it helps the system expose what the team needs to learn together.
Record the decision and changes in a form the team can revisit in the next work cycle. When this rhythm happens consistently, adaptation does not have to wait for a large problem.