They are “Lessons to be Learned”, not “Lessons Learned”
The suggestions, observations and ideas we capture at retrospectives are not Lessons Learned. That would imply we have already learned from them and will not make that mistake again. Instead, they are Lessons-to-be-Learned which is subtly different but stresses the most important part, which is we now need to learn something. Learning involves several steps. David Kolb, an educational theorist, describes a 4-step learning process: Concrete Experiences (What we already know) Observation and Reflection (What our retrospectives help us identify) Abstract Conceptualization (Thinking about the problems and designing potential solutions) Active Experimentation (Trying something new) These stages act as part of an experimental learning cycle. The last step, Active Experimentation, creates new concrete experiences and builds on what we already […]
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