🦄✨ Spice Up Your Retro!
Spice up your sprint and tell us what you want, what you really really want! Channel your inner Spice Girl, celebrate team individuality, and find harmony to make our next release legendary.
Template Columns
🎤 Wannabe Stars (Start)
Share new things we should try as a team to keep our performance fresh and exciting.
Base column: Start🚫 Too Much Drama (Stop)
Highlight the blockers and habits we need to stop to keep the groove going.
Base column: Stop💃 Viva Forever Moves (Continue)
Celebrate the actions, practices, or rituals that help us perform like pop icons.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
The Spice Up Your Retro! template encourages teams to celebrate individuality, suggest fresh ideas, address blockers, and reinforce successful practices through a playful, music-inspired lens.
When to use this template
Use this retrospective when your team needs a creative energy boost, wants to break free from routine, or is seeking new ways to improve collaboration and performance.
How to facilitate
Kick off by setting a playful, positive mood—invite the team to adopt a Spice Girls persona or nickname if they wish, to encourage openness and fun
Briefly explain each column and encourage participants to reflect on both personal and team experiences from the past sprint
Ask everyone to contribute cards to each column: new things to start, blockers to stop, and effective habits to continue
Give the group time to read through all the contributions and use reactions or comments to highlight key points
Facilitate a discussion starting with the 'Wannabe Stars', brainstorming together how to implement new suggestions
Move to 'Too Much Drama', identifying top blockers and agreeing on actions to remove or reduce them
Wrap up with 'Viva Forever Moves', collectively celebrating your team's superpowers and choosing which practices to continue championing
End with a group reflection: what did we learn about ourselves as a team, and how can we keep the legendary spirit alive to the next sprint
Pro Tips
Set a Spotify playlist with upbeat classics before the session to get everyone energized and involved
Encourage quieter team members with themed prompts or gentle nudges—sometimes the best ideas come from unexpected sources
Keep the focus on fun and experimentation to lower the risk of defensiveness around 'Stop' items
Use shared visuals (like team photos or inside jokes) in the board to foster team spirit
FAQ
How do I keep the session both fun and productive?
Balance playfulness with purpose—channel the theme for creative energy, but anchor conversations in actionable improvements.
What if some team members are unfamiliar with the Spice Girls theme?
Encourage everyone to simply embrace the spirit of fun and individuality; the template works even if the theme is new to some.
How do we handle negativity in the 'Stop' column?
Frame feedback constructively and consistently guide the team to suggest positive alternatives or solutions.
At a glance
- Duration
40–55 min
- Team Size
4-10 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
Tags
Ready to get started?
Use this template to run your next retrospective