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Agile Clock
A proper understanding of Agile Manifesto is VERY important for the introduction of Scrum. The twelve agile principles are less abstract than the four values of the Agile manifesto and can be easily understood.
The game is based on an exercise Pocket-sized Principles.
Start Small
Any creative endeavour can generate a certain amount of anxiety. The first step is always the hardest… has anyone not heard that before?
In his book ‘Being Creative’, Michael Avatar suggests that we draw inspiration from the Zen Buddhist idea of the 'beginner's mind' - where everything is beginning. In a beginner's mind there is possibility, openness, curiosity: all qualities that are useful for an exploration of creativity. This activity is a short, grounding ideation and exploration that taps into the beginner's mind.
Zauberstab Übung
Die Teilnehmer müssen den Stab gemeinsam balancierend auf den Zeigefingern auf dem Boden ablegen
- Die Aufgabe scheint einfach, bald zeigen sich jedoch die Tücken.Der Stab geht wie von Zauberhand statt nach unten nach oben
- Anschließend kurze Reflexion über die Zusammenarbeit in der Gruppe
The song of my life
From a list of songs important in the lives of the group members, we will try to guess who chose them.
Multiplication Exercise
Structured Networking
GPA Kompetenz- und Feedbackkarten nach GPA Syst®
Die GPA-Karten erlauben es, in der beraterischen Arbeit schnell an den persönlichen Werten und Glaubenssätzen anzuknüpfen. So können Überzeugungen und Haltungen und damit die eigenen Filter der Wahrnehmung reflektiert werden.
The Relationship Scan
- Remove any distractions (no phones, tablets, laptops)
- If you are parents (no kids allowed)
- Choose a place where you will not be interrupted
- Set a time - (non-negotiable) 30 min is a good amount of time and doable even for busy people and a place.
If you can make it a ritual:
- Go to your favourite coffee shop together
- Have a morning meeting over a hot chocolate
- Open a really good wine
This is a time for you and your partner to talk about how you both are doing, your relationship, any unfinished conversations or arguments or things that are unsaid, or any needs that are not being met.
Hybrid note storm
A method to capture notes and reflections in hybrid events
Hybrid checkpoint
Punctuate any hybrid event with moments in which participants joining remotely and in-person briefly get together to discuss their experiences at the gathering.
Tech tasks
Send all the people participating in person a link to join the online call.
Tech host create as many breakout rooms as the number of attendees in the smallest cohort, pairing each with one or, if necessary, two, participants from the other group.