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Team Reflection ยท Reflection and Learning

Hear the Music

Hear the Music is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
PairsGROUP SIZE
BalancedENERGY
In personSETTING
Medium cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Learning Transfer This reflection and learning exercise strengthens Learning Transfer, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. Start For Free Hear the Music Retrospective What is this activity?
  2. Would be good to use for Sprint 33, 45 or 78 as it is based on old school records.
  3. No limit Duration: 45 minutes Template created by: Corinne Has been used 164 times Create Free Board Hear the Music Template Toe Tapping...
  4. Action items or new ideas to try Create Free Board How to conduct this activity At start of the retrospective, I share the link to the board and explain the columns.
  5. The team members vote and the top voted items are discussed using the remaining time allocated.
  6. Create Free Board Create Free Board Check the list of templates created by our users
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Prompts to use +

Start For Free Hear the Music Retrospective What is this activity?

Would be good to use for Sprint 33, 45 or 78 as it is based on old school records.

No limit Duration: 45 minutes Template created by: Corinne Has been used 164 times Create Free Board Hear the Music Template Toe Tapping...

Action items or new ideas to try Create Free Board How to conduct this activity At start of the retrospective, I share the link to the board and explain the columns.

The team members vote and the top voted items are discussed using the remaining time allocated.

Create Free Board Create Free Board Check the list of templates created by our users

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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: Hear the Music. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Start For Free Hear the Music Retrospective What is this activity?; Would be good to use for Sprint 33, 45 or 78 as it is based on old school records.; No limit Duration: 45 minutes Template created by: Corinne Has been used 164 times Create Free Board Hear the Music Template Toe Tapping...; Action items or new ideas to try Create Free Board How to conduct this activity At start of the retrospective, I share the link to the board and explain the columns.. 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.

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