After each phase: what happened? What did we expect? Why the gap? How do we learn?

After project/event, 4 questions: expected, actual, why, lesson for next time.

Every email/report starts with Bottom Line Up Front: conclusion in first line.

Every Sunday, 1-hour reflection: what learned? Stop? Next step?

Within a week of any project delivery, gather to document what worked and what failed — before memory evaporates.

After any task (not just major projects), one line: what lesson won't I forget? — accumulates into an actual wisdom library.

After a major success, hold a structured "after-action review" asking: what exactly did we do right, and how do we deliberately repeat it — not just "what did we get wrong".

After leading a major adaptive change, ask 4 questions revealing your real impact as a leader, not just the project's surface success.