How to Build Trust & Expertise with After Action Reviews (AARs) Report
Audience Feedback on Feb 26, 2026
Attendee Responses
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99% found this session valuable
99% would hear this speaker again
Attendees found this session
Relevant
93%
Practical
92%
Actionable
92%
Engaging
91%
Summary: Transformative Talk Reveals How Action Reviews Build Trust and Learning Organizations
Jake Mazulewicz, Ph.D. delivered an eye-opening presentation that broke down Action Reviews into "actionable steps and relatable instructions without dumbing down the material." His interactive approach provided valuable knowledge that changed perspectives, as one attendee noted: "I left with a much better, healthier understanding of the utilization of AAR's." Jake's insights were immediately applicable across industries, with many participants eager to implement these techniques with their teams.
Presentation Outcomes Achieved:
Action Reviews require humility and leadership to foster trust and psychological safety, leading to a learning organization that better manages errors.
The process provides quick, easy steps to debrief facts and integrate opinions following daily actions, not just major events.
How attendees describe this talk
In my professional experience AAR's have been used only for the big and only for the ugly events. And it was used as an avenue for upper management to understand what went wrong and what we are doing it. I left with a much better, healthier understanding of the utilization of AAR's.
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Simple, easy to understand, but requires humility, leadership, and Socratic method when asking questions to foster trust, psychological safety which leads to developing a learning organization that builds capacity to manage error.
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Speaker broke down the topic in actionable steps and relatable instructions without dumbing down the material. Great concept for structuring something we do informally to make it a usable process easily.
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Very insightful he answered my question before I asked regarding how to make the learning stick appreciate that alot.
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Having served in the U.S. Army, I am familiar with the AAR. It was nice to see it applied to the private sector.
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Quick and easy steps to debrief and state facts and integrate opinions following daily actions that take place.
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The ability to collect broad feedback offers a better opportunity to provide an actionable solution.
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Jake educated us on a very good tool that can be applied at every company the has positive results
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Simple system to improve individual/team performance by 20-25% by leading good (AARs).
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Feedback for Jake and the event
Turn the speakers up, he speaks softly and difficult to hear much of the info
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I thought you wandered in your talk and I got lost a little bit
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Well planed out topic and speaker was interactive
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Do you have virtual sessions through out the year
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Very practical and actionable items presented.
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Slow down a bit as you go through the deck
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Great job and the tech access was great.
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Thanks for the great session!
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Great Presentation
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