🐅🌏 International Tiger Day Retrospective
Let’s roar into action! In celebration of International Tiger Day, let’s reflect on our teamwork, pounce on wins, and stalk out improvements for a more powerful sprint ahead.
Template Columns
🌱 Fresh Paws Forward
Share new ideas and actions the team should start to strengthen our tiger-like agility.
Base column: Start⛔️ Step Out of the Jungle
Identify behaviors or processes we should stop to avoid getting caught in the undergrowth.
Base column: Stop🦷 Keep the Tiger’s Stripes
Highlight practices and strengths we should continue to keep our project fierce and resilient.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
The International Tiger Day Retrospective uses playful tiger themes to help your team reflect on new ideas, shed unhelpful habits, and celebrate strengths, all aimed at fostering an agile, resilient team culture.
When to use this template
Use this format when you want to energize your team during special occasions, refresh your retrospective routine, or promote creative, candid conversations.
How to facilitate
Kick off the session by introducing the International Tiger Day theme and explaining the purpose behind each themed column.
Invite team members to share their thoughts in 'Fresh Paws Forward,' focusing on new actions or ideas to enhance agility.
Guide participants to 'Step Out of the Jungle' by listing processes or behaviors that are holding the team back and should be left behind.
Ask everyone to move to 'Keep the Tiger’s Stripes,' where they note the strengths, habits, and practices that give the team its unique resilience and should be continued.
Group similar inputs and facilitate a team discussion to prioritize which ideas and actions should be brought into the next sprint.
Collaboratively craft concrete action items from your top priorities, ensuring team buy-in before wrapping up.
Pro Tips
Encourage playful language and metaphors to make discussions lively and lower communication barriers.
Connect each improvement idea to real examples from the last sprint to keep conversations grounded and actionable.
Invite quieter team members to share first in one round to ensure everyone’s voice is heard.
Consider sharing tiger-themed visuals or fun facts as icebreakers to reinforce the theme.
Review previous action items before starting to tie progress back to past decisions.
FAQ
What if my team isn’t interested in the tiger theme?
It’s fine to keep things light; focus on the column meanings while using the playful framing to break routine and encourage creative input.
How do I keep discussions focused and productive?
Keep referencing the sprint’s goals and outcomes, and set clear time limits for each section to maintain energy and momentum.
What if we run out of time for all columns?
Prioritize columns based on the team's current needs and cover remaining topics asynchronously or in follow-up sessions.
At a glance
- Duration
40–55 min
- Team Size
4-12 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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Use this template to run your next retrospective