Shape the Focus

Focus implies that you will give attention to some topics and not to others, at least for now. It provides a sense of why people are investing their time. The focus might be a pattern over time, an unusual event, an improvement goal, interactions within or outside the team, the flow of work, a technical practice, or any other topic that’s specific enough to provide a lens for the conversation.

More Than One Focus?

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Can you have more than one focus in a retrospective? Yes, of course. We’d still advise following the same flow: attention, data, insights, and decisions. Finish one topic before you start another. Talking about multiple ...

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