Chloé Grandin innovates in this retrospective and regales us with a beautiful proposal for team animation in her post Pandora’s box. An idea for Agile teams and for those who wish to review their internal communication.
The ingredients for a successful retrospective
- Prepare 20-30 questions you would like participants to ask themselves, each of these questions are written on a separate card
- Divide these cards into 3 identical piles, cards face up. The highest cards in this deck will be the first drawn by the participants
- Provide a “Discard” space to place used cards
Each open question releases another question and everyone’s word, like Pandora’s box from mythology
Facilitate the session (30 to 45 minutes)
Allow 3 to 5 minutes per person
Limit the number of questions according to the amount of participants.
Find out more, discover Chloé’s post directly on her blog by clicking on the link
A perfect tool to coach
Groups in which the floor is not evenly distributed (talkative & shy)
Groups in which some unspoken things find it difficult to be shared
When you have the impression of being too present as a facilitator and want to let the participants do as much as possible, especially from a distance
When as a regular facilitator you want to participate
When as a facilitator you lack energy that day
For exchanges involving remote participants and face-to-face participants
Groups uncomfortable with remote collaborative tools
Try it on! It’s a real gold mine 😍