Donut Shop
Donut Shop is a workspace ritual exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Start For Free Donut Shop Retrospective What is this activity?
- It helps teams reflect on what has hidden value, what can be improved upon and what is not worth the trouble.
- Template created by: Anna Has been used 359 times Create Free Board Donut Shop Template Filled Donut What has a lot of "hidden" value that isn't obvious to other teams?
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- Has been used 359 times Create Free Board Donut Shop Template Filled Donut What has a lot of "hidden" value that isn't obvious to other teams?
Run this exercise live
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Prompts to use +
Start For Free Donut Shop Retrospective What is this activity?
It helps teams reflect on what has hidden value, what can be improved upon and what is not worth the trouble.
Template created by: Anna Has been used 359 times Create Free Board Donut Shop Template Filled Donut What has a lot of "hidden" value that isn't obvious to other teams?
Create Free Board Create Free Board Check the list of templates created by our users See more templates like this!
Has been used 359 times Create Free Board Donut Shop Template Filled Donut What has a lot of "hidden" value that isn't obvious to other teams?
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Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or your own local model: paste this prompt and your AI will co-facilitate this exercise with you.
Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Donut Shop. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Start For Free Donut Shop Retrospective What is this activity?; It helps teams reflect on what has hidden value, what can be improved upon and what is not worth the trouble.; Template created by: Anna Has been used 359 times Create Free Board Donut Shop Template Filled Donut What has a lot of "hidden" value that isn't obvious to other teams?; Create Free Board Create Free Board Check the list of templates created by our users See more templates like this!. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
Origin unverified
- Where we observed it: The current corpus has one observed source organization: EasyRetro. (1 source observed, including EasyRetro.)
- What that means: we track where an exercise has been observed in public sources. We do not claim to know who created it, or how popular it is.
- No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
- Corrections: if you have evidence of an earlier or more accurate source, read our methodology and trust boundary and tell us.