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This is easier to do if it's anonymous, in general. One I've seen is hand out decks of cards, have people put in a card, and if there isn't consensus on moving forward, things stop.

https://retromat.org/en/?id=130 is an example of this. Trust is the most important thing about teamwork imo.

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Anonymous voting is only necessary because people don't trust each other.

If you trust each other there is no need for anonymity.

Yes but the inverse isn't true either: removing anonymity doesn't cause everyone to trust each other. If you don't have trust, or you're not sure, an exercise like this is a good idea

Trust generally isn’t by default, it is built. I’m not sure there’s anything wrong with that.

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