Training and coaching

Agile Minds

Ilias Bartolini - @iliasbartolini ibartoli@thoughtworks.com

http://agilemanifesto.org

http://agilemanifesto.org

What is TWU?

What trainees

say of TWU?

TWU 27 feedback - nouns

What trainees

say of TWU?

TWU 27 feedback - verbs

What trainees

say of TWU?

TWU 27 feedback - adjectives

What is an

Agile Mind?

(a) ”oh, you must be really smart”

(b) ”oh, you should have worked really hard"

take a test

choose the easy test choose the difficult test choose a new test

give up “I can do it, I just need more…” get the difficult one anyway

Linda Rising – The power of an Agile Mindset http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W47rcJowx7k

What is an

Agile Mind?

little bit lower scores improved! take same initial test

no advice, started lying on their scores

started coaching and encouraging advice other students

worst ones: “want to feel good” better ones: “I got a chance to learn”

look at someone else test

What is an

Agile Mind?

Fixed Mindset

•  wants to look good •  avoids challenges •  individualism •  what I can do comes ”for free” •  give up easily

Agile / Growth Mindset

•  wants to learn and improve •  embrace challenges •  empathy •  I can get smarter and stronger •  find motivation in struggling situation

Mindset can change!

“Perfect” is a verb!

Carol Dweck – Mindset http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mindset-Psychology-Carol-S-Dweck/dp/0345472322/

TWU philosophy

changes

continuously!

Context over

Competency

TWU philosophy

Fail fast over

Being evaluated

TWU philosophy

Bunkos!

Perfect mistakes

Not only fail fast

: fail better !

Celebrate success!

Coaching at

TWU

Celebrate success!

…and failures!

:)

Coaching at

TWU

…and bruises

Coaching at

TWU

Recover from failure

Resiliency

Goal Recovery plan

Alternative solution

Acceptance

Internal resources

Responsibility Skills

Support

Help

Trusted connections

Resiliency

Coaching at

TWU

Elena Malaguti - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ts0meqWcHg [ita]

Learning to learn

“I own my learning experience”

Learning to learn

The traditional way

Learning to learn

Princeton learning

model

70% 20% 10% �

Learning is social

With your team

Pairing

With the person

sitting nearby you On-line networks

Learn from diversit

y

Different perspectives

Learn by playing

Coaching at

TWU Feedback & directions, not solutions

Coaching at

TWU Discover what motivates you

Jurgen Appelo: Moving Motivators - http://www.management30.com/moving-motivators/

Coaching at

TWU Set personal expectations

Rosamund & Benjamin Zander: The Art of Possibility

Letter in the future

Why I deserve

an “A”

Coaching at

TWU Encouraging

Coaching at

TWU

G oal R eality O bstacles & Options W ay forward

John Withmore: Coaching for performance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GROW_model

Feedback

Continuous improvement

Feedback

Continuous improvement

Strengthen confidence & Improve effectiveness

Giving

Feedback

Give earlier Create safety Focus on behaviour

Not too much Make it a conversation

Feedback Receiving

Don’t defend: is a gift!

Seek clarifications

Take actions Say thanks Ask for it

Giving

Feedback Receiving

Patrick Kua - http://www.slideshare.net/thekua/tightening-the-feedback-loop-agile-2011

Coaching at

TWU "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.” Richard P. Feynman

At a costume party as

Queen Elizabeth II

Coaching at

TWU Self awareness

“Your obligation is that of active participation. You should not act as knowledge absorbing sponges but as whetstone on which we can all sharpen our wits”

Edsger W. Dijkstra

Learning to contr

ibute

Learning to contr

ibute

Share it!

Learning to contr

ibute

Speak up!

Break conformity

Solomon Asch – Conformity experiment: Lift Antics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8zlk9TZ4bA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asch_conformity_experiments

Learning to contr

ibute Not only problem solvers, but problem finders

Recognise next

learning step

Dreyfus

model of skill

acquisition

Patrick Kua - http://www.slideshare.net/thekua/learning-about-learning-with-dreyfus-7924019

Learning to unlear

n

Break preconceptions

Break old rules

Restart from scratch

Deal with uncertainty

Last responsible

moment

Courage

What is TWU?

Better

Quality Analyst

Better Developer

Better

Business Analyst Better

People

Better

Experience

Designers

What is TWU?

What is TWU?

Next time someone asks you what you were doing those 6 weeks you say:

“I became best friends with 92 people”

Govind – TWU 28

http://mymindechoes.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/what-is-twu/

Questions ?

Feedback

https://joind.in/talk/view/7655

credits

Thank you!

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