🏔️🍇 Georgian Journey
Welcome to the heart of the Caucasus! Let's reflect on our project journey as if roaming through Georgia—sharing our 'Tbilisi tales,' tasting sweet success, and harnessing ancient wisdom for the road ahead.
Template Columns
🍷 Supras & Successes
Celebrate the wins and moments that made our project shine, just as a Georgian supra toasts to joy.
Base column: Liked🏰 Tbilisi Discoveries
Share fresh insights and new knowledge, inspired by the historic layers of Georgia's capital.
Base column: Learned🥟 Khinkali Gaps
Identify any elements or resources we missed, like a table missing its khinkali dumplings.
Base column: Lacked🌄 Mountain Dreams
Express what we wished for or want to try next, much like dreaming of venturing to the distant Caucasus peaks.
Base column: Longed ForAbout this template
The Georgian Journey retrospective uses the metaphor of a journey through Georgia to spark rich team reflection, celebrating successes, uncovering insights, surfacing gaps, and envisioning future aspirations.
When to use this template
This format is most effective at major project milestones or after a period of notable change, when your team can benefit from both celebration and inspired forward-thinking.
How to facilitate
Begin with a quick mood check, setting the scene with the Georgian journey metaphor and sharing why this theme was chosen for today’s reflection.
Introduce each column by drawing parallels to Georgia’s culture: celebrate in Supras & Successes, share insights in Tbilisi Discoveries, discuss what's missing in Khinkali Gaps, and wish for the future in Mountain Dreams.
Invite team members to add their thoughts to each column individually, encouraging storytelling and personal anecdotes for depth.
Give the group time to read and react to others’ notes, then begin a round of discussion for each column, prompting clarifying questions or highlighting patterns.
Cluster similar items together and identify connections, especially between gaps and future wishes, to reveal opportunities.
Guide the team to agree on one or two actionable experiments or next steps inspired by the discussion, focusing on realistic improvements.
Close by reflecting on the journey metaphor—how far the team has come, and what exciting peaks await next.
Pro Tips
Use Georgian music or imagery at the start to set a relaxed but festive tone.
Encourage team members to elaborate on their reflections with brief stories or examples, not just bullet points.
Bridge the gap between Khinkali Gaps and Mountain Dreams to guide the team from problem identification to ideation.
Rotate facilitation duties to involve different voices and keep the format fresh.
Pause between each column to allow quieter team members space to contribute.
FAQ
How do I help my team get comfortable with the themed format?
Introduce the journey metaphor upfront and connect each column to a relevant story or image. Playful themes help creativity and can lower barriers to open sharing.
What if we struggle to turn wishes into actionable next steps?
Create links between Khinkali Gaps and Mountain Dreams by identifying one wish that addresses a gap, then brainstorm practical experiments together.
How do I keep discussions engaging if the team is quiet?
Prompt for brief personal anecdotes or use a warm-up question related to the theme, like 'What Georgian feast would you host to celebrate our biggest win?'
Can this template be used for hybrid teams?
Absolutely. Make use of collaborative tools and ensure remote participants are invited to share first in each category to keep everyone engaged.
At a glance
- Duration
45–60 min
- Team Size
4-12 people
- Columns
4 columns
- Base Format
Liked, Learned, Lacked, Longed For
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Use this template to run your next retrospective