The document summarizes an Italian agile day event focused on using improv games to build effective agile teams. Stefania Marinelli led several improv games and discussions on their benefits. The games helped participants practice focusing, accepting failure, being vulnerable, and building on each other's ideas. Marinelli explained that improv games are most useful before retrospectives to warm up teams and create an enjoyable work environment where learning and creativity can flourish through acceptance and collaboration.
15. 1,2,3 - DEBRIEFING
What happened?
What changed?
Approach to failure?
Useful when you need to
create an energetic
enjoyable work environment
accept the failure
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19. TRUST
Remember, teamwork begins by
building trust.
And the only way to do that is to
overcome our need for invulnerability.
The five Dysfunctions of a team Patrick Lencioni
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22. MACHINES - DEBRIEFING
What happened?
My behavior?
What did you notice?
Useful when you need to work on
creativity
focus
work on accepting because we trust
each other
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25. ORACLE - DEBRIEFING
What happened?
What did you notice?
Which skill did you use?
Useful when you need to work on
creativity
acceptance
building on others idea
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28. WHY
Not finance.
Not strategy.
Not technology.
It is teamwork that remains the ultimate
competitive advantage, both because it is so
powerful and so rare.
Patrick Lencioni
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34. WHEN
Before:
a retrospective at the end of the Sprint
(warm-up, set the stage activity)
a release/project retrospective together with
stakeholders
a brainstorming session, to start a new project
As part of team building activity (forming and
norming pahses)
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37. WHERE DO I START?
http://improvencyclopedia.org/
http://learnimprov.com/
http://www.livesinprogress.net/2
014/01/improvisation-games-
exercises-for.html
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38. WHERE DO I START?
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FIND IN YOUR CITY AN IMPROV CLASS