A previous article discussed the benefits of After-Action-Reviews (AARs) to identify best practices and opportunities for improvement relating to the quality, efficiency, effectiveness and timeliness of programs, services and activities. As worst-case scenarios are published about other school districts, the stories may occasionally highlight potential gaps in internal controls that may exist in your district because it’s difficult to perceive the sometimes unimageable means that a few employees may inadvertently take that may defeat or compromise various controls related to security, health, transactions, assets and data quality (just to mention a few areas). Similar to AARs, managers and supervisors should hold periodic meetings to discuss worst case scenarios in other districts, analyze your district’s strengths and opportunities for improvements, in addition to scheduling next step projects to act on insights to improve processes, procedures, workflows and documentation, in addition to key internal controls. After these reviews, managers should also step back and make an assessment of whether they should pursue external mentoring resources and/or management reviews to accelerate the implementation of best practices.