🤖❤️💔 AI Love‑Hate Saga
Explore our tangled romance with AI—celebrate the sparks, confront the glitches, and script a smoother partnership for the next sprint.
Template Columns
💖 Sweet Successes
Highlight the moments where AI felt like a perfect match.
Base column: What Went Well💔 Glitchy Breakups
Share the frustrations and missteps that made us doubt the relationship.
Base column: What Went Wrong🔧 Reboot & Refine
Identify actions to nurture trust and improve our AI collaboration.
Base column: What We Want to ImproveAbout this template
A playful retrospective that examines the highs and lows of working with AI, turning successes into love stories and glitches into growth opportunities.
When to use this template
Use when the team heavily relies on AI tools and wants to reflect on both the benefits and pain points of that partnership.
How to facilitate
Set the stage by reminding the group of the purpose: to celebrate AI wins, surface frustrations, and co‑create improvements.
Ask participants to silently add sticky notes to the “💖 Sweet Successes” column, describing moments when AI felt like a perfect match.
Collect the notes, group similar items, and have the team briefly share each success, noting why it mattered.
Repeat the silent brainstorming for the “💔 Glitchy Breakups” column, then discuss each pain point, exploring root causes and emotions.
Move to “🔧 Reboot & Refine”, turn the top successes and breakups into concrete actions, assign owners, and set a short‑term experiment for the next sprint.
Pro Tips
Encourage the use of emojis or GIFs on virtual sticky notes to capture the emotional tone of AI interactions.
Limit each discussion to 2‑3 minutes per item to keep energy high and avoid deep dives that stall the session.
Before the retro, gather usage metrics from AI tools to provide data‑driven context for the conversation.
FAQ
What if the team feels uncomfortable sharing negative experiences about AI?
Normalize criticism by framing it as feedback for the partnership, not blame, and remind that every glitch is an opportunity to improve.
How do we turn vague frustrations into actionable items?
Ask the “Reboot & Refine” group to apply the ‘who, what, when’ format, turning each pain point into a specific experiment with an owner and deadline.
Can this retro be used for non‑AI tools?
Yes, the love‑hate framing works for any technology or process where the team experiences strong positives and negatives.
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At a glance
- Duration
45–60 min
- Team Size
4-12 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
What Went Well, What Went Wrong, What We Want to Improve
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