Starfish retrospective (Keep doing, less of, more of, stop doing, start doing)
Better known as the Starfish retrospective, this technique was developed by Patrick Kua with the intention of helping teams carrying out a job better understand what they did wrong and how they can make things better.
How to run it
- Start For Free Starfish Retrospective There are many times during business operations when things don’t go as planned.
- The top level managers that give orders for a certain task to be completed are usually not the ones carrying it out.
- Create Free starfish retrospective What is a starfish exercise?
- There are numerous levels of activities that go into getting something done and it is very important to get to the root of the issues.
- Starfish retrospective (Keep doing, less of, more of, stop doing, start doing)
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Start For Free Starfish Retrospective There are many times during business operations when things don’t go as planned.
The top level managers that give orders for a certain task to be completed are usually not the ones carrying it out.
Create Free starfish retrospective What is a starfish exercise?
There are numerous levels of activities that go into getting something done and it is very important to get to the root of the issues.
Starfish retrospective (Keep doing, less of, more of, stop doing, start doing)
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Starfish retrospective (Keep doing, less of, more of, stop doing, start doing). Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Start For Free Starfish Retrospective There are many times during business operations when things don’t go as planned.; The top level managers that give orders for a certain task to be completed are usually not the ones carrying it out.; Create Free starfish retrospective What is a starfish exercise?; There are numerous levels of activities that go into getting something done and it is very important to get to the root of the issues.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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