# Two Truths and a Lie — Debrief Sheet

> 6 questions, 3 failure modes, one rule: recall beats cleverness.
> Use with `two-truths-guide.md`. Light debrief runs 5 min — or use it to chain into a deeper folder.

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## How to run this debrief

- Keep it light — this is an icebreaker, not a tribunal. Five minutes, standing if possible.
- The goal is recall, not scores. Nobody won; everybody learned.

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## The 6 questions

**1. The fact that stuck.**
"Name one fact you learned about someone today — their name, then the fact."
→ Recall test. If the room can do this, the icebreaker worked.

**2. The lie that fooled you.**
"Which lie fooled you, and what made it believable?"
→ Points at how stereotypes fill information gaps. Keep it playful.

**3. The truth nobody believed.**
"Whose *truth* did the room refuse to believe? What does that say about our first impressions?"
→ The strongest single question in this debrief. Handle it with humor, not analysis.

**4. The one you wanted to ask.**
"Which statement made you want to ask a follow-up question? Ask it now."
→ Converts facts into conversations. This is where an icebreaker becomes a relationship.

**5. The line we held.**
"We kept every statement to public work facts. Was that boundary comfortable? Would you have shared more or less without it?"
→ Meta question — it makes the safety rule visible so it can be reused in future sessions.

**6. The person behind the badge.**
"Did anyone's three statements change how you'll work with them this week? One sentence."
→ Transfer question. Even "I'll ask Dana about her time in Japan instead of assuming" counts.

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## 3 known failure modes of the debrief itself

1. **The debrief turns into scoring.** People start ranking who fooled whom.
   Rescue: cut it early — "scoreboard's closed. Question 1: name a fact, not a winner."

2. **One person becomes the exhibit.** The room keeps circling one surprising revelation.
   Rescue: move to question 4 and redirect the curiosity to someone else's statement.

3. **Silence on question 6.** Nobody connects the game to actual work.
   Rescue: answer it yourself first — model one concrete sentence about how you'll treat someone differently this week.

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This folder carries a one-minute pre/post measure — `two-truths-assessment.json`, printed on the answer sheet or built live: four rows, filled before the circle and after this debrief, reported room-level only. The recall delta is the scoreboard that matters — nobody is graded.