We all now value retrospectives, so what stops us to make it tick everytime with that extra zeal and energy? For some, it feels like just another meeting they have to do to follow scrum. For some, it is great only for the first few sprints and nothing much to it once the team settles. For some, every retro adds another set of action items to be closed. So what is the magic of doing suberb, fun filled retros and how does it help?

I was born a prisoner in South Africa, and my thinking was set by apartheid. Then, suddenly, I was free. But I still carried hatred, distrust and a multitude of conflicting emotions, yet I must work harmoniously with the “enemy”. The challenges of the teams with whom I work are fractals of 300 year long conflict. In this seminar, I share my life lessons as a nation transitioned peacefully from apartheid to a democracy of interwoven cultures. As a second generation South African Indian my conflicted identity helped me deal with diversity, value conflicts, and collaboration struggles in teams.