Today is the day folks, it’s world retrospective day!

As the world has currently gone remote first I thought I’d take the opportunity to share two tools we use at Envato to make retrospectives work with distributed teams.

First off as with all remote sessions make sure you have a good internet connection and video conferencing software such  Zoom, Google Hangouts or Video Faciliator in place to connect people.

GroupMap – is an online retrospective collaboration tool. It allows you to customize your retrospectives into the formats you want, but also has built-in templates that you can use. In it’s simplest form it allows people to brainstorm, group, votes and take actions.

RandomRetros – if you’re struggling to think of a retrospective format then check out Random Retros. One click of a button will give you an icebreaker, a format and a check-out activity.

If you’re starting out and don’t have time to get a SaaS tool to support your retrospective remember: Individuals and interactions over process and tools.
Its more important to ensure you’re having a conversation with your team about “what” and “how” you can improve rather than worrying about what tool to begin with in the first place… you can always start in a google document, some topics and a conversation.

What retrospective tools are you using in your organistion, I’d love to know?
Please leave a comment below or ping me on twitter @jhyett

Also worth adding these opinons are my own and this isn’t a sponsored post.

Take care.