🌊✨ Wayfinding with Moana
Set sail across the ocean with Moana as we navigate the adventures and challenges of our sprint. Let’s discover new horizons to chart, obstacles to leave behind, and strengths to keep guiding us forward—wayfinder style!
Template Columns
🛶 Set Sail | New Journeys to Start
Share fresh ideas or practices we should embark on for better teamwork and results, just like Moana starting her journey.
Base column: Start🌀 Calm the Storm | What to Stop
Reveal habits or processes we should quiet or leave behind, keeping our canoe steady and waters calm.
Base column: Stop🌺 Keep the Heart Beating | Continue
Highlight the treasured actions or behaviors that keep our project thriving, like the heart of Te Fiti.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
Wayfinding with Moana is a creative retrospective that invites your team to explore new beginnings, let go of unhelpful practices, and build on what’s working—using a journey theme for fresh insights.
When to use this template
This format is most effective at the end of a sprint or project phase, especially if your team needs to refocus, refresh habits, or foster new energy and direction.
How to facilitate
Introduce the Moana wayfinding theme, explaining each column and encouraging everyone to embrace a spirit of adventure and candor.
Begin a quiet reflection period where team members add thoughts to each column: new journeys to start, storms to calm (stop), and strengths to keep the heart beating (continue).
Invite everyone to review the board, cluster similar ideas together as a team, and clarify any unclear items.
Facilitate a group discussion, focusing on identifying the most impactful new journeys to start, the storms to calm, and the treasures to keep.
Prioritize action items for 'Set Sail' (start) and ensure owners are assigned to each actionable topic.
Close by celebrating wins from the 'Keep the Heart Beating' column and reflecting on how this wayfinding mindset can guide the team forward.
Pro Tips
Encourage storytelling; ask participants to share specific anecdotes to anchor their observations.
Help the team reframe negative feedback in the ‘Calm the Storm’ column into actionable suggestions.
Use themed visuals or a playlist inspired by ocean journeys to energize the session and strengthen engagement.
Follow up post-retrospective by revisiting how well the 'new journeys' are progressing in your next retro.
FAQ
What if we get stuck generating new ideas for the 'Set Sail' column?
Encourage the team to think about recent obstacles or small changes that could create positive impact, drawing inspiration from Moana’s courage to try something different.
How do we keep the session from getting too off-topic with the theme?
Ground each discussion by linking it back to team goals and the purpose of each column; use the theme as a creative spark, not a distraction.
What if one column (like 'Calm the Storm') receives little input?
Prompt the team by reflecting on pain points or slow-downs from the last sprint, and reassure everyone that identifying areas to stop is key for improvement.
At a glance
- Duration
45–60 min
- Team Size
4-10 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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Use this template to run your next retrospective