Debrief: Checking the Temperature

A go-to debrief is copied below. Its purpose is to take the temperature of the group and surface feelings about the work. Display four or five images (cartoons work well, too) and ask members of the group to select the one image that best reflects their feelings--about today's meeting, the work accomplished, the work ahead. If the group is large, share choices and reasons for those choices in two's and three's. Smaller groups can share round robin or popcorn style.