Retrospectives are all about making your team better. Working with agile development, you know that it is an important part of the process to continually reflect on, adjust, and improve your work process. Unfortunately, some retrospectives are facilitated in a way so that they are wasting time instead of being the rewarding learning process they should be.

This workshop provides a practical approach to retrospectives facilitation. There will be a short introduction to the concept, activities, motivation, and challenges. Participants will get an opportunity to try the techniques in practice and discuss their own experiences and get advice on specific problems from their everyday lives.

We will look at decision making, body language, the psychology behind retrospectives, online retrospectives, different types of retrospectives for different situations, and you will be able to get feedback on how you facilitate if you wish to. The course is based on my book.

Agenda:

In the morning Aino will give an overview of the content and we will create a plan for what to focus on based on your expectations. Initially, the plan is to focus on common challenges in retrospectives offline as well as online, body language, psychology, team building, decision making, and structuring meetings in general.

In the afternoon Aino will share anecdotes about facilitating retrospectives, and based on these anecdotes she will focus on different patterns and antipatterns. We might also look at different technologies to support online retrospectives if there is an interest in this.

Take aways:

How to plan, and facilitate a retrospective in the most effective way How to avoid the most common antipatterns in retrospectives How to manage different personality types in a retrospective

Target Audience:

Retrospectives facilitators, either novices or experienced who need new input.

Using brain-based strategies to learn new things and help your team do the same

Discover what happens in your brain when you learn and how to accelerate the process for yourself and others.

Apply neuroscience-backed strategies to make your knowledge transfer more effective and memorable.

Integrate LLMs strategically into your learning and teaching practices.

Ever had colleagues who seem to "get it" instantly while others struggle with concepts that seem obvious? The answer lies in understanding how the brain learns and how it changes as a result of this learning. This course takes you inside the fascinating world of how the brain processes, stores, and retrieves information, and shows you how to use these insights to become both a more effective teacher and learner yourself. For example, global learners thrive on seeing the big picture first, while sequential learners excel when information unfolds step by step. Instead of growing frustrated with colleagues who struggle to understand critical concepts or practices, you'll have the tools to identify how their brains process information and adapt your training approach accordingly.

Drawing on 20+ years of teaching in academia and industry, plus cutting-edge research on improving teaching in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Aarhus, Aino Vonge Corry bridges the gap between brain science and practical application, helping you transform your ability to teach and to learn by better understanding the science of how brains learn.