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Criterion
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Paper illustration for Feynman Technique.
Knowledge Modeling
Feynman Technique
Incident Command workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Incident Command
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
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.The Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work.During an acute incident with several people involved, the method creates a clear leadership and communication structure. It reduces chaos when fast coordination and clean situational awareness are both needed at once.When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min20-60 minAs needed30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-1014-153-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Emotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsPlain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study NotesIncident Log, Action Tracker, Stakeholder UpdatesStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding
IncidentOperationsReliability
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
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