# Minefield — Debrief Sheet

> 8 questions, 3 failure modes, one rule: both directions get heard — walker first.
> Use with `minefield-guide.md`. Debrief runs 10–15 min after round B.

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## The 8 questions

**1. The first step.**
"Walker: what did you need to hear before your first step? What did you actually hear?"
→ The gap between needed and received is instruction design in miniature.

**2. The moment of stop.**
"Did anyone use the stop word? What happened in the half-second after?"
→ The safety valve working (or not) is the trust system working (or not).

**3. The voice under pressure.**
"Navigator: when the walker wobbled, what happened to your instructions — clearer, or faster?"
→ Most people speed up. Clarity under pressure is trainable and nameable.

**4. The near miss.**
"Each pair already named one near-miss. What was the instruction right before it?"
→ Revisit it without blame. The near-miss is the richest artifact in the room.

**5. Trust, direction two.**
"When roles swapped: did trusting feel different from being trusted? Which was harder?"
→ Almost universally, being responsible for someone is harder than being vulnerable.

**6. The daily version.**
"Where in your week do you guide someone who can't see what you see — and where do you walk blind on someone else's word?"
→ Transfer question. Expect: onboarding, delegation, handovers, remote work.

**7. The one sentence.**
"If you could install one navigation habit into your team tomorrow, what would it be?"
→ Commitment question. One habit, named.

**8. The last step.**
"Walker: what did the last step before 'done' feel like — and who got you there?"
→ Closing question. It ends the debrief on partnership, not on obstacles.

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## 3 known failure modes of the debrief itself

1. **It becomes a comedy of collisions.** The bumps get retold; the trust analysis never starts.
   Rescue: laugh once, then go to question 4 — the near-miss the pairs already collected.

2. **Navigators dominate.** The talkers talk about talking; the walkers' experience disappears.
   Rescue: questions 1, 2 and 8 go to walkers only. Navigator questions wait their turn.

3. **Someone had a genuinely bad time.** Blindfolds can surface real anxiety.
   Rescue: acknowledge without spotlighting — "if any crossing was uncomfortable, that's data about trust, not about you." Offer the ceiling variant for next time.

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If you are running the pre/post measure (`minefield-assessment.json`), note these observables during the rounds:

| Observable | Points to |
|---|---|
| Navigator gives one step, waits for completion | Instruction pacing |
| Walker stops on uncertainty, not on panic | Safety valve trust |
| Pair swaps and both speak in the near-miss round | Both-direction hearing |

The report your participants receive is a pair-level comparison, never an individual ranking — keep it that way.