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Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Paper illustration of Strategy Execution Loop with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Execution Loop
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
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 wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture.The Strategy Execution Loop helps avoid treating strategy as a one-off document. It makes visible how strategic decisions are turned into objectives, initiatives, operational work, measurement, and learning.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 team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 minInitial 3-6 h, then monthly or quarterly reviews30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-125-123-103-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement ActionsExecution Loop, Review Cadence, Strategic Learning LogEmotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
ExecutionCadenceLearningGovernance
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
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