Three simple buckets that surface what to begin, end, and keep doing.
A reflective four-column retro for end-of-project lessons.
A four-quadrant retro for naming structural friction without pointing at a person.
A pre-mortem that doesn't admit to being a pre-mortem. Run it before kickoff; come back at the halfway mark.
A thermometer for the room. If half the team voted Prisoner, you're running the wrong meeting.
Mad first or you wasted the meeting. Glad-first is hosting; Mad-first is working.
The retrospective for when you have more topics than time. The timer is the format.
A confidence check before commitment, not a vote. The signal is the low end.
The press release dated six months out. Past tense or you're back to a wishlist.
Anonymous or you wasted the meeting. The senior person's fears anchor the room.