Monday evening was spent discussing retrospectives with fellow members of the Swedish Scrum User Group. I came away from the evening with a few new ideas but it wasn't until a couple of days later that I had a pythagoras-in-the-bath moment.
But first more about Monday. Once again we used the Open Space format for this get together. As Harrison Owen puts it:
Open Space Technology is effective when real learning, innovation, and departure from the norm are required. When you aren't quite sure where you are, and less than clear about where you are headed, and require the best thinking and support from all those who wish to be involved, Open Space Technology will provide the means.
Hold your horses! Isn't that also a perfect description of a retro. A bunch of enthusiasts getting together to come up with imaginative solutions to tricky problems. Why use open space just to discuss retros when open space can be used to do a retro? Eureka! Now I know how I'm going to do our next retro.
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