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[This post is part of Corinna’s Guide to Facilitating Retrospectives<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My dear friend,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we are nearing the end of this course. Obviously there are more resources for retrospectives out there than just Retromat. First and foremost the book that started my own journey so many years ago \u2013 It\u2019s still the quasi standard and I highly recommend it: Agile Retrospectives<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are also my own books<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of finding activities, I pretty much use Retromat exclusively, since I built it to scratch my own itch. But if you\u2019re looking for more variety, check out: FunRetrospectives.com<\/a> and “games” at TastyCupcakes.org<\/a>.<\/s> (TastyCupcakes seems to be down as of October 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For my final trick, I\u2019d like to go beyond retrospectives and introduce some concepts that I found immensely useful during my journey as an Agile Coach. It\u2019ll just be a sentence or two per idea and you can follow the link for the ones that seem helpful to you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liberating Structures<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A treasure trove of facilitation methods<\/strong> that aim to involve as many participants as possible as active contributors, while still moving everything forward<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More on Liberating Structures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Host Leadership<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You might have heard of Servant Leadership as a metaphor for roles like Scrum Master. It sounded good in 2010 when I started out. I quickly realized that it is very hard to set boundaries and establish \u201cthat\u2019s not how we behave in this team \/ during this meeting \/ …\u201d with that mindset. I think that Servant Leadership as a metaphor is seriously broken<\/strong> and that Host Leadership is the much more helpful metaphor<\/strong>. Servants can\u2019t throw people out that ignore the community rules. Hosts can. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More on Host Leadership<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multipartiality <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For the longest time I thought it was my job as a facilitator to be neutral and impartial. Nowadays I believe I need to be multipartial, i. e. I need to be able to understand each party’s point of view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More on Multipartiality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SCARF<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The SCARF Model explains social needs: Status, Uncertainty, Autonomy, Relatedness, and Fairness<\/strong>. It\u2019s especially valuable in times of change, because whether people welcome or resist change depends on whether their SCARF needs are threatened or strengthened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More on the SCARF Model<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clean Feedback<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The world would be a much better place if more people were aware of the difference between their observations and their interpretations<\/strong> of these observations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More on the Clean Feedback Model<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Take a minute:
Which concept sounds like it could really help you in your current situation?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please help me make this course better for everyone who will read it after you and tell me in the comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n