Retrospective Activity

Marie Kondo

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This activity:

Introduction

Inspired by Marie Kondo's KonMari method, a retrospective activity to cultivate the goal of tidying in order to make room for meaningful things.

Brings You Joy

Throw away

Recycle

For the specific activity, the facilitator could use these points to describe the process:

The Brings You Joy column is for notes that describe things and processes that the team is doing well and is enjoying performing them.
The Throw away column is for notes that describe things and processes that the team should stop doing.
The Recycle column is for notes that describe things and processes that the team should try improving on.

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This activity will drive team's focus on what makes them feel happy or overwhelmed, which is a different perspective from efficiency and speeed.

The "Marie Kondo" activity is sometimes useful among Team O'clock teams. It seems that some teams use this activity for their retrospectives.

Recap

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What works well, makes you happy

What to stop, don't want to keep

What to keep and improve