🎉🇭🇺 St. Stephen's Day Celebration
Let’s celebrate our agile journey Hungarian-style! Inspired by St. Stephen’s Day, reflect on what made our project flourish, tackle challenges head-on, and knead fresh ideas for success—much like Hungary’s rich traditions and festive spirit.
Template Columns
🥖 Golden Loaves (What Went Well)
Share the successes and bright moments that helped our project rise, just like freshly baked bread on Hungary’s national day.
Base column: What Went Well🌩️ Summer Storms (What Went Wrong)
Discuss the challenges or setbacks encountered, as Hungary braves summer storms during its grand festivities.
Base column: What Went Wrong🕊️ New Traditions (What We Want to Improve)
Suggest improvements and innovations, creating new traditions for our team just as Hungarians celebrate legacy and renewal.
Base column: What We Want to ImproveAbout this template
Celebrate your team's agile journey Hungarian-style, reflecting on successes, challenges, and new traditions for improvement inspired by St. Stephen's Day festivities.
When to use this template
Use this retrospective when your team wants to bring a festive, cultural twist to regular reflections or after a significant milestone to boost morale and introduce fresh improvements.
How to facilitate
Start with a brief introduction about St. Stephen’s Day and set the celebratory mood by encouraging everyone to share a favorite tradition or fun fact from their own culture.
Invite team members to add their highlights to the Golden Loaves column, sharing what contributed to your project’s success and what positive actions they want to celebrate.
Move to the Summer Storms column and ask the team to discuss challenges or setbacks, reminding them to focus on constructive, fact-based observations rather than blame.
Guide the conversation into the New Traditions column, where everyone can suggest improvements or experiments to try in the next iteration, fostering a spirit of renewal.
Facilitate a group discussion to cluster related ideas across columns, identify patterns, and prioritize which new traditions to implement.
Wrap up by agreeing on concrete action steps and encouraging each team member to champion one improvement, keeping the celebratory energy alive.
Pro Tips
Use visual aids or images of Hungarian festivities to foster engagement and create a sense of celebration.
Prompt quieter team members with direct but friendly questions to ensure everyone's perspective is included.
Encourage sharing analogies between Hungarian traditions and your team's ways of working to deepen cultural connections.
Keep discussions timeboxed to leave enough space for creative suggestions in the New Traditions column.
FAQ
Do I need to know about St. Stephen’s Day to participate?
No background knowledge is needed. The facilitator will introduce the theme to get everyone involved and make it inclusive for all.
How do we avoid getting stuck on negative discussions in the Summer Storms column?
Keep conversations constructive by reminding the team to focus on what can be learned or improved, using the New Traditions column to turn challenges into actionable ideas.
What if our team isn’t familiar with Hungarian culture?
That’s okay—the template uses the festive spirit as inspiration, but all ideas and reflections are welcome. You can even relate the concepts to your team’s own traditions.
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At a glance
- Duration
45–60 min
- Team Size
4-12 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
What Went Well, What Went Wrong, What We Want to Improve
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