A Briefing That Survives Being Passed On BRIEF
A briefing is always passed on, from memory, in a car park. The formats are not bureaucracy: they are a fixed order so the second telling has the same shape as the first.
Which format, and whose briefing
The headings
What is not in it
Five things are looked for across the whole brief rather than under any one heading, because the time may well be in the method.
The brief, and the card
The full briefing
The one-page card
Questions people ask about BRIEF
Related tools
- DEBRIEFRun a debrief that leaves actions behind it
- RISKAssess a risk and record what was known at the time
- CHECKLISTRun a checklist and keep the proof you ran it
- NINELINEBuild a nine-liner, a METHANE or a contact report
- HANDOVERHand over a shift without losing an item
- SOPWrite a procedure somebody can actually follow