Interview with Aino Vonge Corry a speaker introducer at GOTO Chicago 2014
The Interviewer
Mike Hall
Interviewer, community organizer at UGtastic
The Guest
Aino Vonge Corry
Expert in Retrospectives and Speaker Introducer
The Conversation
Mike Hall
Interviewer, community organizer at UGtastic
I'm sitting here with Aino Vonge Corry. You do a lot of work with retrospectives and you're a speaker introducer at GOTO. Thanks for sitting down.
Aino Vonge Corry
Expert in Retrospectives and Speaker Introducer
It's a pleasure, Mike. Retrospectives are my passion—not just as meetings, but as a framework for continuous improvement.
Mike Hall
Interviewer, community organizer at UGtastic
What is a good retrospective?
Aino Vonge Corry
Expert in Retrospectives and Speaker Introducer
A good one focuses on 'what can we actually change?' It avoids blame and focuses on the team's internal power to influence their own workflow.
Critical Insights
durable
"Retrospectives fail when they devolve into blame sessions; they thrive when they focus exclusively on team-internal variables that can be influenced."