How to change anonymity in meetings
One of the best to promote psychological safety is by ensuring that participant and facilitator contributions remain anonymous during the meeting, and in reports.
TeamRetro supports three retro anonymity settings when it comes to adding ideas or comments.
- ANONYMOUS - Names are permanently hidden in ideas
- ALIASES - Everyone is given a pseudonym name
- NAMES - All names are displayed
Once a retrospective is set to a higher level of anonymity (e.g., from Names to Aliases, or from Aliases to Anonymous), this setting can only move upward—towards more anonymity.
It cannot be reverted to a lower level to protect participant confidentiality. In particular, setting a retrospective to Anonymous is irreversible. This ensures that psychological safety is preserved throughout the session.
The following items are not anonymized:
- Who actions are assigned to
- Comments on actions
- Who is a member of the team (on the team HOME or MEMBERS page)
- Chat messages
How to set anonymity
Select the relevant team.
Navigate to either the RETROSPECTIVES or HEALTH CHECKS tab, depending on the meeting you want to run.
START A RETROSPECTIVE or START HEALTH CHECK .
Explore different categories and select your template.
Under the GENERAL tab, select your preferred anonymity level. Please note that if you select Anonymous, you will not be able to change or revert this setting.
- If ANONYMOUS is chosen, the following components are anonymized:
- Who is present in the meeting
- Who added an idea
- Who voted for each idea
- Comments made on ideas