The retrospective process - ICEBREAKER


An icebreaker is a great way to get your team talking in a fun, easy, and engaging way. It helps everyone feel comfortable and sets a positive tone for your retrospective. This is an optional step.


You can set up different types of icebreakers:

  • A random icebreaker based on a category
  • An AI-generated question tailored to your theme and prompts
  • A custom question that you write or edit yourself



Create an icebreaker


  1. Navigate to the RETROSPECTIVES tab within a specific team.


  2. START A RETROSPECTIVE and select from our ready-to-use templates or choose a BLANK TEMPLATE if you wish to start from scratch.


  1. Click on the PROCESS tab and enable the ICEBREAKER step. Then, create a CUSTOM question, or select a CATEGORY and LANGUAGE from the drop down list.

  • If you wish to explore creating an AI Generated icebreaker, choose any category for the time being as you will have the option to provide a prompt later.

  1. Customize your process and then START RETROSPECTIVE.

  1. The icebreaker will appear as a step. TeamRetro's icebreaker features include:
    • A TIMER to keep things on track
    • A NAME SPINNER to randomly pick participants
    • Options to ADD OR REMOVE NAMES
    • REACTIONS for quick, fun feedback
    • LIVE MEETING FEEDBACK to capture how the team is feeling

  • Here, you will have the option to click AI and provide a prompt to have AI generate a set of unique icebreakers for you. Suggestions for icebreaker questions and their purpose will be displayed.

  • You can use the icebreaker at any point of the meeting.

  • Once your icebreaker wraps up, your team will be ready to move on to the WELCOME stage and kick off the retrospective.

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