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Team Reflection · Reflection and Learning

Sailboat Retrospective

Sailboat Retrospective is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25), Pairs, Small group (4-8)GROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
Hybrid, In person, RemoteSETTING
High 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. From your dashboard select your team on the right and then hit that vibrant Add Meeting button.
  2. Select Retro Meeting with the arrows, then use the dropdown to select the Sailboat retro template.
  3. The Icebreaker box is checked on by default. You don’t have to do one, but we recommend it. They offer a chance to break the ice and get everyone in a chatty mood for leaving useful feedback.
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  7. Sailboat retrospective template Mural Product OverviewMural AIAI Safety & RegulationsTemplatesIntegrationsMural for developersTrust & securityMicrosoft partnership Solutions Teams Research & developmentConsultingMarketingSalesDesign & UX Use cases
  8. Mural Product OverviewMural AIAI Safety & RegulationsTemplatesIntegrationsMural for developersTrust & securityMicrosoft partnership Solutions Teams Research & developmentConsultingMarketingSalesDesign & UX Use cases
Live facilitator

Run this exercise live

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Prompts to use +

From your dashboard select your team on the right and then hit that vibrant Add Meeting button.

Select Retro Meeting with the arrows, then use the dropdown to select the Sailboat retro template.

The Icebreaker box is checked on by default. You don’t have to do one, but we recommend it. They offer a chance to break the ice and get everyone in a chatty mood for leaving useful feedback.

Sailboat retrospective template Mural Product OverviewMural AIAI Safety & RegulationsTemplatesIntegrationsMural for developersTrust & securityMicrosoft partnership Solutions Teams Research & developmentConsultingMarketingSalesDesign & UX Use cases

Mural Product OverviewMural AIAI Safety & RegulationsTemplatesIntegrationsMural for developersTrust & securityMicrosoft partnership Solutions Teams Research & developmentConsultingMarketingSalesDesign & UX Use cases

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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: Sailboat Retrospective. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: From your dashboard select your team on the right and then hit that vibrant Add Meeting button.; Select Retro Meeting with the arrows, then use the dropdown to select the Sailboat retro template.; The Icebreaker box is checked on by default. You don’t have to do one, but we recommend it. They offer a chance to break the ice and get everyone in a chatty mood for leaving useful feedback.; Sailboat retrospective template Mural Product OverviewMural AIAI Safety & RegulationsTemplatesIntegrationsMural for developersTrust & securityMicrosoft partnership Solutions Teams Research & developmentConsultingMarketingSalesDesign & UX Use cases. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

Origin unverified

  • Where we observed it: The exercise appears across 4 observed source organizations in the current corpus. (4 sources observed, including Parabol, Mural, Miro, Workshopr.)
  • 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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