Posts about Facilitation

People tend to use virtual and online interchangeably but they carry different meaning.

What are the key questions that you ask in your sprint retrospectives?

Can a metaphor help your Agile Retrospective? Here's my take with Star Wars. Do we want this Agile Retrospective outcome to destroy a tie-fighter or defeat the empire?

Do you feel like your Agile Retrospective is only tackling low hanging fruit and missing out on real improvements? Have you ever wondered if in your retro you're dealing with clear, complicated or complex issues? In this post I write how Cynefin can help with that.

In this post I share the chat I had with folks from HSD sharing my wicked issue of Agile Retrospectives missing out on reflection

How I ask for questions and antipatterns

In this post I describe my journey in to the visualization world with links to resources that helped in my progression and that I wish I had on day 1

This article is for facilitators holding space and organizers of Open Space events that moved or want to move online.

This is a summary of what I learned--circa 15 months ago--about big picture event storming during a two day workshop with Alberto Brandolini creator of Event Storming.

This is a summary of what I learned--circa 15 months ago--about big picture event storming during a two day workshop with Alberto Brandolini creator of Event Storming.

Many factors--specific to your context--can reduce the effectiveness of a retrospective and cause frustration and mistrust in the group. In this brief blog post I will describe how psychological safety, purpose, preparation and collaboration can help make your retrospectives even more effective**.

Brief explanation of how I do remote visual facilitation with iPad pro and screen sharing.

This post assumes you know what a retrospective is and focuses on an activity to set the stage challenging what Kert's prime directive means to the group.

This post assumes you know what a retrospective is and focuses on Kerth's prime directive to ensure the facilitator can answer common challenges and confidently explain it to the group.

Retrospectives should be a core practice for any team but you must have a way to measure their success and team engagement otherwise they can become just another meeting. In this article I'll explain why they're both critical to retrospective success.