Why We PlayPAUL WYNIA

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Buzzword Bingo

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Buzzword BingoFun Engage Group Meeting

Facilitate Serious Dynamic Rule

Dominate Encourage Bored Playful

Align Cat Focus Create

Discover Pragmatic Agile Personal

Open Story Learn Improv

Spark Attention Oxygen Fail

Blood Connect LEGO Navier-Stokes

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Fact or Alterna-Fact

4 Volunteers

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Fact or Alterna-Fact

•Cost of High Pressure

•50% more health care expense

paul@workagile.net @workagilehttp://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-11-642http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2014/stress-report.pdfhttp://www.gallup.com/services/178514/state-american-workplace.aspx

Fact or Alterna-Fact

•Cost of High Pressure

•550 million work days year to stress

(37% high absenteeism)

http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-11-642http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2014/stress-report.pdfhttp://www.gallup.com/services/178514/state-american-workplace.aspx

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Fact or Alterna-Fact

•Cost of High Pressure

•25% more errors and defects

http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-11-642http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2014/stress-report.pdfhttp://www.gallup.com/services/178514/state-american-workplace.aspx

60% more errors and defects

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Fact or Alterna-Fact

•Cost of High Pressure

•18% lower productivity

http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-11-642http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2014/stress-report.pdfhttp://www.gallup.com/services/178514/state-american-workplace.aspx

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Why Play?

“For optimal learning, the physical body needs to be active while

the brain is engaged”

-Sharon Bowman Training from the Back of the Room

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Why Play?

•Meetings

• 20/80 Rule

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•Reduced anxiety

•Low financial risk

•Low self-esteem cost

•Low stress

Lower Pressure

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•Full focus

•Frontal cortex limits

•Engages more senses

•Always an outcome

Sticky!

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• Training

• Process modeling

• Team Building

• Marketing

• It’s not about building, it’s about the questions

LEGO® Serious Play® exercise

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Most Responsible Person

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User Story – V1

User Story

I, as the King/Queen, want a tower

so I that can view my kingdom

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Debrief

•Were you successful?

•Did you enjoy the build?

•What would you do differently?

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User Story – V2

User Story

I, as the Queen/King, want a tower so I that can

view my kingdom

Task 1 Create the base

Must start with black 4x6 stud piece (1/3 height)

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User Story – V2

Task 2 Place the first level

Place green 2x4 stud piece (standard) with

2 rows of studs on either side, end to end

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User Story – V2

Task 3 Place the second level

Place green 2x4 stud piece (standard)

directly on top of previous level

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User Story – V2

Task 4 Place the third level

Must place 2 blue 1x4 stud pieces

(standard) directly on top of previous level

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User Story – V2

Task 5 Place the forth level

Must place 2 red 1x4 stud pieces (standard

height) directly on top of previous level

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User Story – V2

Task 6 Place the sixth level

Must place 2 grey 1x4 stud arch pieces

(standard) directly on top of previous level,

covering all studs

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User Story – V2

Task 7 Place the top platform

Must place yellow 2x6 stud piece

(1/3 height) directly on top

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User Story – V2

Task 8 Place red light brick

Must attach 1x2 clear red

brick

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Debrief

•Were you successful?

•Did you enjoy the build?

•What would you do differently?

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User Story – V3Acceptance Criteria:

A black 4x6 stud base (1/3 base)

Between 6 to 9 bricks high

Viewing platform on top

Viewing platform should have a brick to warns airplanes

Must incorporate the colors of the kingdom

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Debrief

•Were you successful?

•Did you enjoy the build?

•What would you do differently?

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Lego® for Discovery

Build your biggest challenge at work

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Successful Improv•Team, No Solos

•Diverse Skills

•Safety and Trust

•Build Don’t Destroy

•Explore Ideas

•Expect to Fail

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Delight the Customer

•Pair up: Storyteller, Customer

•Combine 2 pairs: 3 Storytellers, 1 Customer

•Yes, and…

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Online Resources• Tasty Cupcakes http://tastycupcakes.org/

• Agile Toybox https://www.agiletoybox.com/

• LEGO® Serious Play® http://www.lego.com/en-us/seriousplay/

• LEGO® Serious Play® Pro http://seriousplaypro.com/

• Strategic Play http://www.strategicplaytraining.com/

• Innovation Games https://conteneo.co/

• Twenty One Toys http://twentyonetoys.com/

• Improv http://www.teamfirstdevelopment.com/

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Agile Games PodcastLaura M. Powers and Paul Wyniahttps://soundcloud.com/agilegamespodcast

Interviews:

Llewellyn FalcoMike BowlerJacqueline Lloyd SmithSue JohnstonWayde StallmanDave BlumBernie MaloneyEmi Breton

Agile Podcast Network

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September 13th, Irvine, California

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