Author Archives: jayhyett

Christmas themed retrospective 2016

Posted on December 23, 2016 by jayhyett

Over the past few years I’ve run a Christmas themed retrospective when we reach the final sprint of the year. This year I’m working across a number of small teams in a program so we had to scale the Christmas … Continue reading →

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Baseball themed retrospective

Posted on November 25, 2016 by jayhyett

Earlier this month the Chicago Cubs won their first World Series in 108 years, a truely amazing sporting moment. This made me think that I shouldn’t wait 108 years to try a baseball themed retrospective. A couple of weeks ago … Continue reading →

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He-man and the Masters of the Universe 

Posted on October 31, 2016 by jayhyett

I recently introduced my kids (6 & 3 years old) to one of my favourite tv series from when I was a kid, He-man and the Masters of the Universe. As a kid I remember waking up early on a … Continue reading →

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Peer Introduction Game

Posted on September 23, 2016 by jayhyett

Today was the end of our sprint and rather than running our usual retrospective we decided to mix things up a bit and play a game. We’ve had a number of new starters in our team recently so I thought … Continue reading →

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When you want me but no longer need me, then I have to go.

Posted on September 21, 2016 by jayhyett

“When you need me but do not want me, then I must stay. When you want me but no longer need me, then I have to go” – Emma Thompson as Nanny McPhee I really love this quote from a … Continue reading →

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Thirsty work at Disneyland 

Posted on September 11, 2016 by jayhyett

My family and I just spent an amazing fun filled week at Disneyland in Anaheim in Southern California. Right now it’s the end of summer and the temperature was around the mid to low 30’s (celsius) each day we visited … Continue reading →

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Preparing for our next Inspect and Adapt using the Sails and Anchors Retrospective Format

Posted on August 18, 2016 by jayhyett

In a few weeks time I’m facilitating a program level retrospective (Inspect and Adapt) with around 60-80 people invited to attend. I’m planning to use the Sails and Anchors format by splitting the room into small focus groups (max 10 … Continue reading →

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My slides from LAST conference 2016

Posted on July 1, 2016 by jayhyett

Just want to say thanks to everyone who came along to my talk over the past 2 days at LAST conference. Also a big thank you to everyone who supported me in pulling this talk together, in particular the people (and … Continue reading →

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Speaking at LAST Conference 2016

Posted on June 29, 2016 by jayhyett

I’m really excited to be speaking at LAST conference on Thursday the 30th of June and Friday the 1st of July 2016. My talk is about bringing your retrospectives to life. In this talk I’ll be sharing some of the … Continue reading →

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bikablo – Visual Facilitation

Posted on May 31, 2016 by jayhyett

Last week I was fortunate enough to participate in 2 days of bikablo training with Marcel van Hove. What is bikablo? Well as Marcel has kindly put on his website – It’s an easy to learn visual facilitation technique that … Continue reading →

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