🦺🏗️ Safety First Workshop

Let's foster a culture of safety and improvement! Together, we'll identify safe practices to adopt, hazards to overcome, and techniques to maintain. Let's ensure our project stays strong and sustainable.
45–60 min
4-12 people
Based on: Start, Stop, Continue
🦺🏗️ Safety First Workshop
Template Columns
🛠️ Safe Practices to Start

Identify new safety-focused actions or habits to adopt that will enhance the team's wellbeing and effectiveness.

Base column: Start
🚧 Hazards to Stop

Pinpoint harmful actions, habits, or mindsets that could jeopardize the team's safety or collaboration.

Base column: Stop
🦺 Safety Techniques to Continue

Recognize the effective safety and collaboration methods that should be kept as part of our culture.

Base column: Continue
About this template

The Safety First Workshop retrospective helps teams identify and foster safety-oriented practices by analyzing actions to start, hazards to avoid, and techniques to maintain.

When to use this template

Use this retrospective when the team needs to strengthen its safety culture and address potential risks affecting wellbeing or collaboration.

How to facilitate
1

Start by explaining the purpose of fostering a safety-first culture and establishing psychological safety.

2

Set the context for each column: 'Safe Practices to Start,' 'Hazards to Stop,' and 'Safety Techniques to Continue.'

3

Provide team members time to reflect and submit ideas to each column based on their experiences.

4

Review the contributions as a group, ensuring clarity and shared understanding of the suggestions.

5

Facilitate a prioritization discussion to pinpoint the most critical actions and behaviors to address.

6

Collaboratively create a short-term action plan with specific steps for the identified items.

7

Wrap up by appreciating the team’s input and emphasizing the collective commitment to a safer and more harmonious environment.

Pro Tips

Encourage the team to think broadly about safety, including physical, psychological, and operational factors.

Balance positivity and critique to foster a constructive atmosphere.

Use color-coded voting or prioritization techniques to easily identify key areas to address.

FAQ
How can we ensure psychological safety during this retrospective?

Start by setting ground rules emphasizing respect and trust. Actively model these principles throughout the session.

What if team members struggle to identify safety practices?

Provide examples or share scenarios to stimulate ideas and encourage discussions around the concept of safety.

At a glance
  • Duration

    45–60 min

  • Team Size

    4-12 people

  • Columns

    3 columns

  • Base Format

    Start, Stop, Continue

Tags
team health
continuous improvement
safe workspace
team collaboration
action-oriented
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Use this template to run your next retrospective