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Criterion
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective
Paper illustration of a Lean Canvas with nine fields, notes, and one highlighted learning risk.
Product Strategy
Lean Canvas
Purposedifferent
When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.When a sprint should not only be assessed but also learned from, it captures experience in clear learning categories. It records what worked, what's missing, and what should run differently next time.When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min45–75 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10Team members involved1-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement ActionsLean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam
StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model
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Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective