Keynote on After Action Reviews (AARs) Report
Audience Feedback on Jun 2, 2025
Attendee Responses
115
100% found this session valuable
99% would hear this speaker again
Attendees found this session
Engaging
93%
Interactive
93%
Practical
92%
Actionable
92%
Summary: Military-Inspired AAR Method Transforms How Organizations Learn and Improve
Jake Mazulewicz, Ph.D. delivered an eye-opening session on After Action Reviews that left attendees eager to implement this powerful tool. His presentation skillfully translated military wisdom into practical applications for any organization, emphasizing the "no-fault" approach that builds trust among teams. "This session really teaches you to look beyond when things go wrong but learn from all experiences, good or bad," noted one enthusiastic participant.
Presentation Outcomes Achieved:
AARs provide a positive, blame-free process for improving procedures after both successful and unsuccessful events
The structured five-question format creates a practical framework that can be applied across any department or organization
How attendees describe this talk
Great discussion. A key challenge for AAR outside of specific events, like an emergency response, is projects go weeks and months sometimes. How do you not lose the “smoke” of events that may have occurred early in a project.
Attendee
Great lesson/training in AARs that will reinforce the processes we have in place. This session really teaches you to look beyond when things go wrong but learn from all experiences, good or bad.
Jarrod Burt
Jake’s session really opened up my eyes to After Action Reviews! This shared knowledge from him will be implemented into my organization to drive improvement and trust among teams!
Gavin Reddick
Doctor Mazulewicz (Jake) takes one of the most powerful tools in military leadership philosophy and explains its scope / application / benefits for nearly all organizations.
Micah Staggs
Excellent introduction to the concept of AARs. Convincing presentation of how and why groups should apply AARs, including best practices advice.
Attendee
This was a motivating seminar with focus. AARs apply to really every department of an organization but fundamentals are the same.
Jake Dinger
Practical, productive tool for not only poorly executed tasks, but also a way to capture the details of successful events.
Joshua
The lesson given today was informative, a lot of take away points to keep and utilize in every aspect of life.
Jackie Preciado
Think Environmental
Appreciate the military qualification of the five questions and ‘no fault’ being identified in any of them.
Eric Wright
Feedback for Jake and the event
exercise was useful and informative. felt heard and willing to find a solution asap. Practice makes perfect. make an easier way to accomplish the end goal
Sandra Gonzalez
Great first presentation for this event. Looking forward to bringing this practice to my organization.
Jacob Ortega
More specific examples of quality AARs would be helpful to see how to best execute them.
Joshua
More examples of real AARs performed and the results of those could be helpful.
Jake Dinger
Great topic, that seems simple, but many organizations get wrong.
Hunter Taylor
Would like to have this as a longer session.
Attendee
Great job, everyone was very much engaged.
Leslie White
Space seats out a little
Ryan
Nothing I can think of.
Eric Wright