Agile Games 2016 keynote - Awesome Teams: Games for Continuous (Extreme?) Teaming

Richard Kasperowski
I help people build great teams that get
great results.
Core Protocols
Agile
Open Space Technology

Mediocrity

Happy Birthday, Greatness Guild!

What is the best team you were
ever on?

Do you want more of
that?
Practical guide to the elements of great
teams
12 fun activities!

There are 3 important things in modern Agile
• Mob Programming
• Building Great Teams with Core
Protocols
• Open Space Agility
- Harold Shinsato

Why this, why now?

Positive Bias
Non-negativity
No negation
Pretend

Try it: Yes, but …
• With a partner, make a plan for dinner tonight.
• Yes, but … (60 seconds)
• Yes, and … (60 seconds)

Try it: Improv Story Telling
• With a group, tell a story. Always
respond, “Yes, and …”

Continuous
(Extreme) Teaming
Turn up the good!

Freedom
• Why: Basis of great culture
• How
• The Core Commitments (p. 3)
• Pass (Unpass) (p. 5)
• Check Out (p. 7)

Self-awareness
• Why: A great self is atomic unit of a
great team
• How
• Check In (p. 6)
• Ask For Help (p. 8)
• Personal Alignment (p. 18)

I feel _______.
MAD, SAD, GLAD, AFRAID
Describe to yourself why you feel that way.

Try it: Check In
• Speaker says, “I feel [one or more of MAD, SAD, GLAD, AFRAID].”
Speaker may add a brief explanation. Speaker may say, “I pass.”
• Speaker says, “I’m in.”
• Listeners respond, “Welcome.”
• Groups of 3, 3 minutes

Continuous Check In
Either
- periodically, or
- whenever there is a state change
Check In

I want _____________.
Self-awareness*
Integrity
Courage
Passion
Peace
Presence
Self-care
Fun
Wisdom
Health

Try it: Super-fast Personal Alignment
• Complete this
sentence:
• “I want ___________.”
• Fill in the blank with a
virtue from this list:
Self-awareness
(default answer),
Integrity, Courage,
Passion, Peace,
Presence, Self-care,
Fun, Wisdom, Health
• To guide you:
• Imagine it is the only
thing you want.
• Imagine you single-
mindedly pursued it.
• Imagine that if you
had all of it that the
universe has to offer,
you could obtain
everything else you
want.
• Solo, 2 minutes
• See Personal Alignment
& Personal Alignment
Express at
thecoreprotocols.org

Connection
• Why: Connect great people into a great
team, totally cohesive and supporting
each other toward shared goal
• How
• Check In (p. 6)
• Ask For Help (p. 8)
• Intention Check (p. 11)
• Personal Alignment (p. 18)
• Investigate (p. 20)

I’m curious.
Will you tell me more about _________________?

Try it: Investigate
• Learn about your partners’ Personal Alignment.
• Be curious. Don’t ask leading questions. Don’t push help on your
partners.
• Try opening with “What is your Personal Alignment?” or “What do
you want?”
• Same group of 3, 5 minutes

Fast Friendship

Productivity
• Why: Align together, deliver great
products, achieve great results
• How
• Decider (p. 12)
• Resolution (p. 15)
• Perfection Game (p. 16)

Error Handling
• Why: Ensure we are maintaining
freedom, self-awareness,
connection, and productivity
• How
• Protocol Check (p. 10)

Continuous (Extreme) Teaming
• Turn up the good!
• Team building event once a year all
the time
• Continuous Check In
• Continuous Ask for Help
• Continuous Investigate
• Continuous Decision Making
• Test-Driven Teaming
• Continuous Core Protocols

Do you want a great Agile Games 2016
experience?
Try:
- Positive bias
- Continuous Check In
- Continuous Investigate

Will you help me make this
presentation the best?
Perfection Game

Do you want an easy way?
• … to measure your team’s emotional
health and psychological safety?
• … to compare your team to global
norms?
• … to know which behaviors in your
team culture to work on?
GreatTeamsSurvey.com

• … to learn and embody these
behaviors?
GreatTeamsAcademy.com
Discount code: AG2016

• … to go to Italy for a week?
GreatnessGuild.org

Key take-aways
• The attributes and behaviors of
high-performance teams are known
and learnable.
• Core Protocols →
team emotional intelligence →
psychological safety →
high-performance team
• Continuous Teaming:
Turn up the good!
Team building is good.
Use Core Protocols to do team
building all the time.

To Learn More
• Ask Richard for help
• Visit thecoreprotocols.org
• Open Space
• Events: kasperowski.com

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