How I went from Excel Retrospectives to Collaboration Boards

Gamification for agile teams + Personal story (Scrum Masters)

👋 Hey, Carlos here! Welcome to “The Holistic Leader”, your weekly source of simple and honest leadership, Agile, Management & team insights.

Could you imagine doing retrospectives in EXCEL?

Yes, that was me in 2018.

I was running retrospectives with rows and columns, trying to keep the team engaged with nothing more than a spreadsheet.

Spoiler alert: it wasn’t working.

But that experience taught me some valuable lessons about innovation, engagement, and how to truly make retrospectives meaningful.