Hiking Retro
Hiking Retro is a team reflection exercise for divergent ideation: it helps participants open up more possible ideas before choosing a direction.
How to run it
- Start For Free Hiking Retro Imagine your past sprint as a hike, including Snacks: positive things -- what helped move us along?
- No limit Duration: 45 minutes Template created by: Liam Has been used 78 times Create Free Board Hiking Retro Template Snacks positive things -- what helped move us along?
- Create Free Board How to conduct this activity Imagine your past sprint as a hike, including Snacks: positive things -- what helped move us along?
- 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 Hiking Retro Imagine your past sprint as a hike, including Snacks: positive things -- what helped move us along?
No limit Duration: 45 minutes Template created by: Liam Has been used 78 times Create Free Board Hiking Retro Template Snacks positive things -- what helped move us along?
Create Free Board How to conduct this activity Imagine your past sprint as a hike, including Snacks: positive things -- what helped move us along?
Create Free Board Create Free Board Check the list of templates created by our users
We've helped teams improve in more than 1,000,000 retrospectives Company About Us Pricing Features Contact Us What's New Wall of Love Give Back
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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: Hiking Retro. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Start For Free Hiking Retro Imagine your past sprint as a hike, including Snacks: positive things -- what helped move us along?; No limit Duration: 45 minutes Template created by: Liam Has been used 78 times Create Free Board Hiking Retro Template Snacks positive things -- what helped move us along?; Create Free Board How to conduct this activity Imagine your past sprint as a hike, including Snacks: positive things -- what helped move us along?; Create Free Board Create Free Board Check the list of templates created by our users. 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.