馃専 Growing Garden

Nurture our team's progress like a garden! Reflect on what helped us bloom, what weeds to pull, and how to keep flourishing. Let's cultivate growth together.
45-60 min
3-10 personas
Basado en: Start, Stop, Continue
馃専 Growing Garden
Columnas de plantilla
馃尡 Seeds to Plant

Identify new practices and ideas to start cultivating for our team's growth.

Columna base: Start
馃尵 Weeds to Uproot

Highlight practices and habits to stop, like pulling out weeds stifling our productivity.

Columna base: Stop
馃尰 Blossoms to Nurture

Celebrate the existing practices and habits that have helped our garden thrive.

Columna base: Continue
Acerca de esta plantilla

The 'Growing Garden' retrospective encourages teams to reflect on their growth by planting seeds of improvement, removing obstacles, and nurturing successes.

Cu谩ndo usar esta plantilla

This retrospective is ideal after a challenging sprint, when fostering team improvement and celebrating achievements are needed.

C贸mo facilitar
1

Start by explaining the Growing Garden metaphor to build a thematic connection.

2

Introduce each column: Seeds to Plant for new practices, Weeds to Uproot for negative habits, and Blossoms to Nurture for effective practices.

3

Provide team members with some quiet time to write their thoughts for each column.

4

Encourage participants to share their notes, moving or adding them to the corresponding columns while explaining their reasoning.

5

Discuss the uncovered themes, highlighting key takeaways and aligning on areas needing immediate attention or action.

6

Collaboratively decide on actionable steps inspired by the insights from the exercise.

7

Wrap it up by acknowledging the team's shared growth journey and celebrating progress made.

Consejos profesionales

Encourage participants to use metaphors in their notes to add a creative and engaging layer to the discussion.

Prepare prompts that tie into the garden metaphor, such as asking about the sunlight (support) needed for each seed.

Summarize the action items collectively at the end to create a sense of accomplishment.

Preguntas frecuentes
How can I inspire deeper participation in this format?

Use prompts or examples for each column and encourage participants to build on one another's ideas during the sharing phase.

What if a team struggles to find items for a column?

Pose reflective questions or reframe scenarios to guide thinking towards potential ideas.

How do I keep discussions focused?

Set specific time limits for discussion, and as a facilitator, steer conversations back to key topics when they drift.

A primera vista
  • Duraci贸n

    45-60 min

  • Tama帽o del equipo

    3-10 personas

  • Columnas

    3 columnas

  • Formato base

    Start, Stop, Continue

Etiquetas
team improvement
growth mindset
actionable insight
team reflection
productive retrospectives
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