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Regular team retrospectives

Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation2 — facilitator
Trust · group readiness★★some
Disclosure · what is sharedoptional

To create ongoing opportunities to reflect on how the team is working. Hold a retrospective every two to four weeks with a simple format: What has been going well that we should continue? What has not been going well that we should change? What ideas do we have for improvements? An ongoing team scaffold (team meeting), run every 2-4 weeks, not as a one-off session.

Practical

Time
45-60 min
Group
320 · small-group
Settings
in-person, online
Materials
None beyond ordinary meeting/work settings
Mechanisms
life-embedding, cognitive-reframing
Change scope
state → skill · recurring-practice (Every 2-4 weeks)

Origin & where it lives

Thomas Jordan & Claude [AI] (IDG for Teams handbook — team scaffold) — IDG practice (idg.thomasjordan.se)

Instructions: open online

In this directory via Thomas Jordan's IDG Resource Library

Team leader role (Jordan): Protect the time for retrospectives. Facilitate to ensure broad participation. Follow through on identified improvements.

status: checked · added 2026-08-25