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Virtual Icebreakers for Remote Teams
Icebreakers are simple activities held at the start of a meeting that can increase productivity and support team wellness. They help build small but powerful connections between people that nurture psychologically safe spaces. They are also a quick and [...]
We Used TeamRetro’s Health Check as a Mood Meter and Safety Check – This is what we found.
If you are anything like us, you value the happiness of the team of people you work with. Ensuring everyone can grow and feels supported is essential. Fostering a safe and fun environment is key to this. However, monitoring a [...]
Transitioning to Native AWS Services, December 2022
Current State As you may be aware, TeamRetro is currently hosted on the Salesforce Heroku Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), which in turn is hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) in Amazon’s Northern Virginia (us-east-1) and Frankfurt (eu-central-1) data-centers. While [...]
Learn About Agile Principles with the Coin, Paper Airplane, DevOps Games and more.
Agile Games are a great way to get your team familiar with and to practice the key principles of agile software development. They create a safe space for teams to explore their creativity, problem-solving, and communication in a fun [...]
How to Run an Icebreaker
To run an icebreaker, just three things are needed. The right mindset, a great question and someone to give a gentle nudge to get things started and move the icebreaker along. Before you know it, your icebreaker is done, [...]
Top 5 Tips for Running Effective Icebreakers
Effective icebreakers build safe, positive, collaborative spaces. Better yet, they enhance the productivity of all types of meetings, including retrospectives. On the flip side, a bad icebreaker can have the opposite effect. An ineffective icebreaker may make people feel excluded, [...]