Real-Time Retrospective

In seeking to establish an open culture and kick-start an ethos of autonomy, mastery, and purpose across the spaces we work in, we need to have feedback loops in place so we can sense if we're moving in the right direction.

So far, we've just introduced a couple of very simple practices that help to build the foundational culture. But will they work? How will you know? What if the new team is muttering bad things under their breath about how the social contract was fluffy and that Stop the World thing will never work in a place like this. Hopefully, this isn't happening, but if it is, you're probably heading in the opposite direction to an open culture by creating side silos and more closed behaviors and thinking.

We need to create a channel for folks to feed back on their own use of the practices, even first impressions. Do they like these things and think they're helping to create the foundation desired? Are there things they...