🌀🎩 Quirky Situations
Step into a world where oddities rule and surprises spark innovation! Let’s unravel our agile journey by spotlighting wonderfully weird mishaps, unexpected wins, and delightfully odd ideas to ignite new momentum!
Template Columns
❌ Oddball Obstacles to Drop
Identify the strange hiccups or quirks that held us back and should now be dropped.
Base column: Drop✨ Whimsical Solutions to Add
Suggest quirky, inventive ideas or approaches we can introduce for better outcomes.
Base column: Add🎈 Charming Habits to Keep
Share those eccentric practices or fun traditions that keep our team energized and productive.
Base column: Keep🛠️ Wackier Ways to Improve
Spot opportunities to make our unpredictable processes even more effective—embrace the weird!
Base column: ImproveAbout this template
The Quirky Situations retrospective invites teams to explore their agile journey through the lens of unique obstacles, whimsical solutions, charming habits, and creative improvements, unlocking innovation through playful reflection.
When to use this template
Use this template when your team needs fresh energy, wants to break out of routine thinking, or after a sprint filled with odd challenges and surprising results.
How to facilitate
Set an upbeat tone by inviting everyone to embrace weirdness and be open-minded; explain each column and encourage playful participation.
Give each participant a few minutes to reflect and add notes to each column, focusing on strange obstacles, whimsical solutions, charming habits, and wackier improvement ideas.
Review the notes as a group, discussing and celebrating the quirkiest observations and innovative suggestions in each column.
Guide the team in prioritizing which oddball obstacles to drop and which whimsical or wacky ideas to try next, capturing agreed actions.
Conclude by assigning owners to experiments or process tweaks, and celebrate the session with a fun ritual.
Pro Tips
Encourage storytelling—sharing the odd stories behind obstacles or fun habits makes the insights more memorable.
Use humor and visual cues to lower inhibitions, such as quirky images or playful icebreakers at the start.
Revisit previously tried odd ideas to examine their impact and inspire new twists for the future.
FAQ
What if the team struggles to come up with quirky or odd examples?
Start by sharing your own unusual experience or habit as a facilitator. This breaks the ice and sets the tone for open, playful input.
How can we turn silly or unconventional ideas into real improvements?
Encourage the team to experimental mindset—pilot the idea on a small scale, evaluate its impact, and refine or expand as needed.
Is this format suitable for all teams?
Teams willing to laugh together or seeking to break a rut will benefit most. If the group prefers structure, try balancing quirky columns with more standard retrospective items.
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At a glance
- Duration
45–60 min
- Team Size
4-10 people
- Columns
4 columns
- Base Format
Drop, Add, Keep, Improve
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