Mad / Sad / Glad
Makes room for the frustration people are carrying around but not saying.
Sorting by feeling rather than by process surfaces what a three-column board leaves off. Reach for it when the mood in the room is heavier than the board suggests.
Reach for it when
- Give people permission to say how the sprint actually felt
- Get through a bad stretch without pretending it was fine
- Catch a morale problem while it's still about the work and not about each other
Pick something else when
- Two people already aren't speaking, and naming feelings will pour petrol on it
- The team is new to each other and nobody trusts the room yet
- The problem is technical and dwelling on feelings just delays fixing it
The board
What your team sees during Collect. Everyone writes on their own device, and nobody sees anyone else's Notes until the stage closes.
Mad
The things that genuinely annoyed you
Sad
Letdowns and chances that got away
Glad
Wins, however small
How the session runs
The facilitator moves the room from one part to the next, so nobody has to remember what comes after what.
Collect Notes
Add your notes. Everyone writes at once.
Read-out
Everyone reads their own notes aloud, one at a time
Group Similar Notes
Pull related notes into the same pile
Vote on Topics
Pick what the group should spend its time on
Discuss
Work through the topics in vote order
Session Summary
Check what came out of the session and export it
Prompts that open it up
The facilitator can drop any of these into the room when it goes quiet.
Run Mad / Sad / Glad with your team
Share a six-digit session code. Everyone joins from their own screen, and nobody needs an account to take part.