Navigating Reflection: A Guided Journey to Uncover Insights and Shape the Path Ahead — As the year draws to a close it is the time when we engage in reflecting on the past year. Strategising for the upcoming year, by taking the holistic view of the entire year. This Retrospective template encourages teams to think about past achievements, failures and learning. It also helps…

🚀 Ignite Collaboration🔥🔥🔥 Is a creative and visual approach to gathering feedback from a team. In my blogs or writing I have always shared the importance of feedback. How it can be used as a tool for continuous improvement. Line of Fire is a fun, easy and engaging activity for providing feedback. …

Starting anything new might be an impulsive decision made when inspiration strikes; what matters is consistency. I started writing articles on Medium more than two years ago, and I have continued to do so. It was an exciting adventure, starting with a struggle to gain the first 100 followers to…

When we talk about teams, we talk about vacation plans, handovers, knowledge transfers, and the art of graceful overrides. What do we do when the Scrum Master has a vacation planned? In my opinion, the most important responsibility of the Scrum Master accountability is to make sure that the team doesn’t require a Scrum Master and becomes self-sufficient. …

Team Retrospectives Retrospectives are a valuable tool for continuous improvement, and they should not be limited to just Sprints or work-related topics. Team retrospectives offer a broader perspective on the team’s dynamics, collaboration, and overall effectiveness. Here are some key points to emphasize when conducting team Retrospectives. Holistic Assessment: Encourage the team…

Assumptions | Facts | Learnings | Improvements — This retrospective template is designed to facilitate a discussion around assumptions made during a project or a specific period, uncover the facts that challenge those assumptions, identify key learnings from the experience, and generate ideas for improvements moving forward. It provides a structured approach to reflecting on past events and…

The Roles and Responsibility topic for Retrospective can be great for new teams, teams evolving through structural changes, or when the team realizes that they are not on the same page when it comes to accountability or ownership. Introduction The Roles and Responsibility Retrospective serves as a valuable opportunity for a…

I am a big fan of creating income streams, it just gives you so much freedom. — I had never thought about this until I moved to a new country and had no job. I realised I took my job and salary for granted. Those 8 jobless months taught me more than I had learned in decades about managing and generating income streams. But before we jump…

In this article, I am sharing my experience facilitating a full-day workshop designed to provide the Scrum Master community in my organisation with a condensed version of the inspiring and impactful Road to Mastery workshop. This workshop draws inspiration from the six-day program I attended at the end of 2022…