YWT Reflection Board for Beginners: Turn One Experience into What You Do Next

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YWT Reflection Board for Beginners: Turn One Experience into What You Do Next

A beginner-friendly YWT template for reflecting on one finished work or class experience through Y (what you did), W (what you learned), and T (what you'll do next), to turn it into your next action. The whiteboard has four pages - page 1 sets your purpose and picks the experience; page 2 lines up what you did in time order and facts; page 3 digs into what you learned with five whys; and page 4 shapes what's next into a one-week trial and sets a check-in date. The task board has five columns - not started, drafting, trying for a week, confirmed, and applying it - with four parent tasks matching the four pages and three child tasks each. Reading the board's examples and working top to bottom, even a first-timer can finish one full reflection. Splitting what you learned into what's about you, the other person, or how you work makes what's next concrete. It suits solo work, pairs, or trios, right after onboarding, at a project milestone, or after class or a part-time shift.

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① Your Purpose for Reflecting (start ... ② What Is YWT (three questions) ③ YWT vs. KPT ④ Tips for Writing Well ⑤ Candidate Experiences (circle one) ⑥ Timeline of the Experience You Pick... ⑦ Facts Table (numbers, words, and ac... ⑧ One Scene That Went Well, One Where... ⑪ About You (your mindset and approach) ⑫ About the Other Person (what they c... ⑬ About the Process (steps and rules) ⑭ Pick One T from ⑨ and Shrink It to ... ⑮ Flow for Checking In After One Week ⑯ Your Next YWT Date YWT Reflection Board How to use (4 pag... What went well &a... Facts & decis... Where you got stuck What you learned ... 1/4 Pick the experience Ctrl+F / ⌘F : 2/4... → 2/4 2/4 List what you did ↙ 3/4 Why you're reflectinge.g. The first client presentation you handled alone - want to improve the next one What you want to find oute.g. Why you couldn't answer a question well Time you'll spende.g. 60 minutes this evening. Write it alone, show a senior teammate tomorrow Y = What you did. The facts and your actions W = What you learned. What you noticed by doing it T = What you'll do next. The action you'll try next time YWT suits pulling learning out of one experience KPT suits surfacing problems and fixes from how a team works e.g. Using YWT this time, to reflect on my first presentation Cover only one experience per session Start from facts, not regret or self-blame e.g. 'Went quiet for 10 seconds at a question' beats 'I was nervous' When What you did How memorable (1-5) Candidate A e.g. Last Tuesday e.g. First solo client presentation e.g. 5 ← pick this one Candidate B e.g. Start of this month e.g. Wrote the meeting minutes e.g. 3 Candidate C e.g. Yesterday e.g. Coached a junior teammate e.g. 2 Before you startedWhat you preparede.g. Made 10 slides and had a senior teammate review them once At the startHow it begane.g. Started on time at 2 p.m. Covered slides 1 through 3 Partway throughWhat happened along the waye.g. A pricing question came up and you had no answer ready The turning pointThe moment that mattered moste.g. Said you'd check and promised an answer the next day After it endedWhat happened afterwarde.g. Confirmed the pricing in-house the next morning and answered the client Numbers What was said Your actions Prep e.g. 10 slides, 3 hours of prep e.g. Senior teammate: "Put the conclusion on slide 1" e.g. Moved the conclusion to slide 1 First half e.g. 20-minute presentation e.g. Client: "That's clear" e.g. Asked for questions after each slide Second half e.g. 5 questions, answered 3 e.g. Client: "What's the price?" e.g. Said you'd check and get back to them Afterward e.g. 20 hours until the answer e.g. Client: "That helped" e.g. Emailed at 10 a.m. the next day The scene that went welle.g. Putting the conclusion on slide 1 got the client nodding from the start The scene where you got stucke.g. Went quiet for about 10 seconds, unable to answer a pricing question 3/4 Dig into insights → 4/4 4/4 Plan your next step ⑨ YWT Sheet (plac... YWhat you did e.g. Presented with the conclusion on slide 1 e.g. Couldn't answer a pricing question and took it away to check Turn the scenes from ⑧ into one factual line each WWhat you learned e.g. Leading with the conclusion makes people listen e.g. Should have prepared answers to common questions in advance Write why it went well or why you got stuck TWhat you'll do next e.g. List five likely questions before the presentation e.g. Add one pricing sheet to the end of the deck This is just for candidates - narrowing to one happens in the table on ⑭ ⑩ Five Whys (pick... Why 1 e.g. Why couldn't you answer the pricing question? -> Hadn't prepared an answer Why 2 e.g. Why hadn't you prepared one? -> Didn't expect a pricing question Why 3 e.g. Why didn't you expect it? -> Didn't research what the client cares about Why 4 e.g. Why didn't you research it? -> Spent all your time making the slides Why 5 e.g. Why did you spend it all there? -> Hadn't planned how to split your prep time Root cause e.g. Never split prep time between 'making slides' and 'knowing the client' e.g. Thought prep just meant making slides e.g. You tend to go quiet when you don't have an answer Write things you can change yourself One point per note e.g. The client wanted the price before the details e.g. Promising an answer date reassures them, even without an instant answer Write it from their point of view Don't write words that blame them e.g. Spend half your prep time understanding the other person e.g. For questions you can't answer, set a reply date and take them away Make it something you can reuse next time Write it so others could follow it too When Which scene How to check Who to consult First draft e.g. From now on, always (too big) e.g. Every presentation e.g. Whether it felt like it went well e.g. Haven't decided One-week version e.g. The day before next Thursday's presentation e.g. Next client presentation, once e.g. How many questions you could answer e.g. A senior teammate Fallback version e.g. Just 15 minutes sometime next week e.g. One internal practice run e.g. Have a senior teammate play the questioner e.g. Senior teammate Try itDo the one-week version from ⑭e.g. Wrote five likely questions and prepared answers the day before Record itWrite down the numbers on the day it endse.g. Answered 4 out of 4 questions Check itCompare with last timee.g. Last time was 3 of 5; this time was 4 of 4, with no going quiet DecideKeep it, change it, or drop ite.g. Keep it. Move the question list to the start of prep next time Next reflection datee.g. 30 minutes next Friday evening Next topice.g. The one-week trial from ⑮ and the next client presentation Who you'll report toe.g. Tell a senior teammate the numbers and what you learned from ⑮ in 5 minutes → 2/4 List what you did ↙ 3/4 Dig into insights → 4/4 Plan your next step
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Task board contents

Not started 16 items

Pick the experience
List what you did
Dig into insights
Plan your next step
State your purpose
Learn YWT vs KPT
Compare 3 options
Log five time steps
Fill in the facts
Note two key scenes
Fill the YWT sheet
Ask why five times
Split into 3 angles
Shrink it to a week
Check after a week
Set your next date

Drafting 0 items

Trying for a week 0 items

Confirmed 0 items

Applying it 0 items

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