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One Team, Many Places

A distributed team quietly splits into smaller ones. This retro finds the seam — a location, a time zone, a channel, a role — and moves it a little.

Steps

  1. 4 min
    Set the stage

    Nobody decides to split a team. It happens. For the next hour we look for where it already has.

  2. 10 min
    One team

    When did this feel like a single team this sprint? Be specific — a moment, not a mood.

  3. 10 min
    Many places

    When did it feel like separate groups? Name where the seam ran: a location, a time zone, a channel, a role.

  4. 13 min
    Read the seam

    Put the split answers side by side. What do they have in common every time the seam appears?

  5. 8 min
    Move it a little

    One owned change that moves the seam. Closing it completely is not the goal — noticing it is most of the work.