❤️🤗 Love & Collaboration
Let's celebrate the heart of our team, sharing what fuels our connection, what cools it down, and how we keep the love alive in our agile journey.
Template Columns
💖 Begin the Affection
Identify new practices that nurture teamwork and mutual respect.
Base column: Start🚫 End the Coldness
Highlight behaviors that create distance or hinder collaboration.
Base column: Stop🌟 Keep the Warmth
Celebrate actions that strengthen bonds and foster a supportive environment.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
A heart‑focused retrospective that celebrates what builds team connection, stops what cools it, and reinforces warm practices.
When to use this template
Use when you want to boost morale, strengthen relationships, or after a period of high collaboration stress.
How to facilitate
Begin with a quick ice‑breaker where each person shares one thing they appreciated about a teammate this sprint.
Introduce the three columns – Begin the Affection, End the Coldness, Keep the Warmth – and explain the purpose of each.
Give participants 5 minutes to write anonymous notes on virtual sticky notes for each column.
Group similar notes together and discuss each cluster, focusing on why the behavior matters.
Vote on the top three items in the Keep the Warmth column to turn into concrete team commitments.
Summarize the agreed actions and assign owners, then close with a gratitude round.
Pro Tips
Use emojis or icons on virtual cards to keep the mood light and aligned with the theme.
Encourage participants to phrase ‘End the Coldness’ items as specific behaviors to avoid vague criticism.
Allocate a short timer for each discussion segment to keep energy high.
FAQ
What if team members are hesitant to share negative behaviors?
Assure anonymity by using private note‑taking features and frame the ‘End the Coldness’ column as an opportunity for improvement, not blame.
How do we turn the ‘Keep the Warmth’ ideas into actionable steps?
Select the most impactful items, assign a clear owner, and define a measurable outcome to review in the next sprint.
Can this retrospective be shortened for a 30‑minute slot?
Focus only on the ‘Begin the Affection’ and ‘Keep the Warmth’ columns, limit discussion time, and defer deeper analysis to a follow‑up meeting.
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At a glance
- Duration
45–60 min
- Team Size
4-12 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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