This template helps teams run a Mad/Sad/Glad retrospective, a simple technique for reflecting on a sprint or project through emotional responses. It provides columns to capture frustrations, disappointments, and positive experiences, along with spaces for takeaways and action items. By surfacing both challenges and wins, the exercise builds team awareness, fosters open discussion, and drives clear improvements for the next sprint.
Surface the emotional experience of your sprint or project — not just the tactical outcomes — with this Mad/Sad/Glad Retrospective template. By asking teams to reflect on what made them frustrated, disappointed, or energized, this format uncovers the human dynamics that standard retrospectives often miss.
Teams that can name what's frustrating them can fix it. Teams that can't talk about feelings accumulate resentment. This template opens that conversation in a structured, safe format.
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