What if managers held end of day briefings like nurses do?

Nurses do briefings at the end of their shifts. I was reminded of this by @nurchat on Twitter as it s one of the topics for their weekly #nurchat tweetup. The reminder tweet made me think - why don't healthcare managers have a similar end-of-day briefing?

The briefings can be managers with their teams, or groups of managers - I like the idea of the Executive team holding an end-of-day briefing session.There are both advantages and disadvantages to holding one, though the only disadvantages I can see are ones about timing.

Benefits

• Reflection on the day's operational activities
• Reflection on personal contribution to the day's operational activities
• Highlight priority issues
• Ensure priority issues don't fall between the management gaps
• Improved communication skills
• Improved meeting skills

Disadvantages

• when is the end of the day for managers (though a briefing can be held at 4:45 for 15 mins)
• perception that the briefing gets in the way of other meetings
• poor briefing skills means it turns into a long meeting

It seems that much of the imperative for improvement and innovations pushes nurses to learning from managers - maybe now is the time for manager to be looking at what nurses do very well, and learn new skills of their own.