Comments on: Retrospective Safety Exercise: Three Word Starter http://www.thekua.com/atwork/2007/12/retrospective-safety-exercise-three-word-starter/ thekua's reflections on work related topics Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:22:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: kent http://www.thekua.com/atwork/2007/12/retrospective-safety-exercise-three-word-starter/comment-page-1/#comment-29375 kent Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:01:51 +0000 http://www.thekua.com/atwork/2007/12/05/retrospective-safety-exercise-three-word-starter/#comment-29375 Interesting article. Interesting article.

]]> By: Owen Rogers http://www.thekua.com/atwork/2007/12/retrospective-safety-exercise-three-word-starter/comment-page-1/#comment-3906 Owen Rogers Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:49:02 +0000 http://www.thekua.com/atwork/2007/12/05/retrospective-safety-exercise-three-word-starter/#comment-3906 Nice post. I've also had misgivings about the safety exercise and this seems to be a nice way to mix it up. Nice post. I’ve also had misgivings about the safety exercise and this seems to be a nice way to mix it up.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.thekua.com/atwork/2007/12/retrospective-safety-exercise-three-word-starter/comment-page-1/#comment-3819 Patrick Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:31:23 +0000 http://www.thekua.com/atwork/2007/12/05/retrospective-safety-exercise-three-word-starter/#comment-3819 <strong>Jason</strong> - I can only guess how it would work with varying language skills. Three single words should hopefully be easy and chances are you may not get exactly the same words though may still see common themes. <strong>Brendan</strong> - I agree that for some groups, it might be too touchy/feely. I could try to reduce this sense by not emphasising it too much and use it as a device to quickly gauge the group mood. I think it works well for new teams - for teams who've formed, may be less so. Jason – I can only guess how it would work with varying language skills. Three single words should hopefully be easy and chances are you may not get exactly the same words though may still see common themes.

Brendan – I agree that for some groups, it might be too touchy/feely. I could try to reduce this sense by not emphasising it too much and use it as a device to quickly gauge the group mood. I think it works well for new teams – for teams who’ve formed, may be less so.

]]> By: Brendan Flynn http://www.thekua.com/atwork/2007/12/retrospective-safety-exercise-three-word-starter/comment-page-1/#comment-3800 Brendan Flynn Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:32:46 +0000 http://www.thekua.com/atwork/2007/12/05/retrospective-safety-exercise-three-word-starter/#comment-3800 I have used this technique with a professional facilitator but it has not been used since. The feedback from the team was that they did not get much value out of the exercise, felt it was a bit "touchy/feely." We spent 20-30 minutes exploring our feelings when everyone just wanted to jump right into start, stop, continue. While I do see the value for new teams... teams that have established patterns have a sense of trust in place already and do not need to go through this exercise, the themes present themselves naturally through conversation. For new teams, it does create a collaborative environment and sets the expectation that they are required to participate. I like the idea of the tag cloud, will have to steal that one :). I have used this technique with a professional facilitator but it has not been used since. The feedback from the team was that they did not get much value out of the exercise, felt it was a bit “touchy/feely.” We spent 20-30 minutes exploring our feelings when everyone just wanted to jump right into start, stop, continue. While I do see the value for new teams… teams that have established patterns have a sense of trust in place already and do not need to go through this exercise, the themes present themselves naturally through conversation. For new teams, it does create a collaborative environment and sets the expectation that they are required to participate. I like the idea of the tag cloud, will have to steal that one :) .

]]> By: Jason Yip http://www.thekua.com/atwork/2007/12/retrospective-safety-exercise-three-word-starter/comment-page-1/#comment-3785 Jason Yip Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:21:36 +0000 http://www.thekua.com/atwork/2007/12/05/retrospective-safety-exercise-three-word-starter/#comment-3785 I'm curious how this would vary with differing language skills. I’m curious how this would vary with differing language skills.

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