I facilitated this workshop during the 2nd Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's International CTO Conference 2013 in Berlin.
It's about Agile Games and how they revolutionise the way we train Agile Teams.
11. One does not learn
architecture from
classrooms and
libraries as much as
one does by doing it
and reflecting on the
outcomes and their
effects on others.
“
„
Russell Ackoff, Re-Creating the Corporation
15. Build groups of 10 people
1 person to stand out of each group
Each team: form a circle (facing in)
Each player: hold the rope in your right hand
Each player: pass the other end to a person across from you
Project Mgr: direct team so that it is untangled and standing
side by side in a circle
Team: follow PM’s instructions
Project Mgr: observe and do not say anything
Team: Untangle yourself
16. When to play
the Rope Game?
What can we learn
from this exercise?
In a nutshell
17. What can we learn from this?
This exercise demonstrates the power of a team’s
ability to solve complex problems when they
collaborate.
!
It resonates with Agile in that you encourage the
team to be self-organising to get the full benefit of
their abilities.
faster, proper solution (is there a ’best solution’?)
!
more fun
18. Benjamin Franklin
All mankind is
divided into three
classes: those that are
immovable, those that
are movable, and
those that move. “
„
19. Sir Ken Robinson, alphabet, by Erwin Wagenhofer
People are at their
best, when they do
what they love.
“
„
23. Your turn (25 mins)
1. Pair up w/s.o. you haven't talked to today
2. Do the following one-by-one (play / observe)
A. Find out what’s important to you
!
B. Consider a change in your work life and
determine how this affects your motivators
24. 3rd Step: Reflection on Motivation
positive change
negative change
unimportant important
25. When to play
Moving Motivators?
What can we learn
from this exercise?
In a nutshell
26. reveals the effect of (organisational)
change on your/your team’s motivators
interesting for teams to find out what
motivates their team members
can be performed with people in
(private) one-on-one situations
helps you realize that you may have
some work to do on your own
motivation
…
27.
28. helpful resources on Moving Motivators
http://www.noop.nl/2011/09/moving-motivators-free-
exercise.html
!
http://www.management30.com/product/moving-motivators/
37. Your turn (18 mins)
1. Split into groups of 10 players
2. Each team grab 20 sticks of spaghetti, 1 mtr of string,
1 mtr of tape, 1 marshmallow, scissors
3. W/the material at hand tinker a „building“/„skeleton“
as tall as possible w/Marshallow on top within 18 mins
must be stable enough to stand upright for at
least 15 secs w/o touching it
measure + write down the hight of your
„building“ / „skeleton“
46. fun, playful approaches
repetitive exercises => training
productive work => transfer learnings to work life
pushes unconventional approaches
boosts creativity & imagination
helps form new teams
Why Games?
47.
48. Want to learn more about
Play4Agile Unconference
http://p4a13.wordpress.com/
Agile Games Conference, Boston, MA
http://www.agilegames2013.com/
http://tastycupcakes.org/category/games/
Agile Games?