Break the Monotony: 7 Creative Retrospective Formats

Is your team tired of the same old "What went well?" retrospective? Inject some energy and gain new perspectives with these creative formats.

1. The Sailboat: A visual metaphor where the team identifies anchors (what's holding us back), wind (what's pushing us forward), the island (our goals), and rocks (risks).
2. 4Ls (Liked, Learned, Lacked, Longed For): A comprehensive format that balances positive reflection with identifying needs and future desires.
3. Mad, Sad, Glad: An emotion-focused retro that can uncover underlying team health issues that process-focused retros might miss.
4. The Timeline Retro: The team collaboratively builds a timeline of the sprint, marking significant events, highs, and lows. This is great for visualizing the flow of work.
5. Starfish (Keep, More, Less, Start, Stop): An evolution of Start-Stop-Continue that provides more nuance by including "More of" and "Less of".
6. Three Little Pigs: A storytelling format. What did we build with straw (fragile)? What did we build with sticks (needs improvement)? What did we build with bricks (rock solid)?
7. The Superhero Retro: A fun, strengths-based format. Each team member gets a superhero identity. Discuss the team's superpowers, our kryptonite, and who our arch-nemesis (biggest obstacle) was.

RetroSpect Hub's flexible board setup allows you to easily implement any of these formats, using custom columns and labels to bring your creative ideas to life.