Category: Games

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Team Building Icebreaker – Constellation Exercise

If you are looking to help team members better understand the beliefs and perspectives of others, than look no further than running the Constellation exercise. This can be used to kick off meetings, for team launches, for team reboots, for retrospectives and many other situations. It has the power to...

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Team Building Icebreaker – Tribes Exercise

Whether you are just forming a new team, looking to form new bonds with an existing team, or get to know some friends a bit better at a party. An exercise called, “Tribes,” is a very simple way for people to connect and get to know each other. This works...

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Harnessing the Power of the Brain for Change: A Case Study in Culture Change

I recently attended a great webinar, “Harnessing the Power of the Brain for Change: A Case Study in Culture Change” put on by the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP). The speakers were Andrea Barrett, Ed Richardson and Mark Bagin. Below are some of the notes that jumped out at me. Andrea...

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Game of 35 (for Consensus and Prioritization)

I attended some great courses recently by the Agile Coaching Institute and would highly encourage taking any of their workshops. During each of these we played a game called 35. I found it extremely valuable for reaching consensus of what all the members thought was important very quickly. After completing the...

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Agile Jenga (Understanding the Value of Building Quality In)

Recently I facilitated Agile Jenga at the meeting I run in the local DC area, DC Scrum User Group (DCSUG). I am not the originator of this game but I have spelled it out a little more. A link to the original version is below. Overview This is a great game...

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Stop, Collaborate and Listen (Collaborative Origami)

I couldn’t help myself, Ice Ice Baby for the middle aged readers. You will find out soon that I love conducting experiential learning exercises (a.k.a. games). A good one I like to play is Collaborative Origami. We recently played this at the meeting I run in the local DC area,...