Summary: Want awesome teams that build great products? Great teams don't happen by accident. And they don't have to take a long time to build. In this keynote, Richard lays out the case for Continuous/Extreme Teaming. Session participants will join in a flight of fun learning activity sets. These will give you a taste of team awesomeness and how to start when you go back to work. Richard builds on the work of Jim and Michele McCarthy, Google, Bruce Tuckman, Gamasutra, Standish Group, Peter Drucker, and Melvin Conway. His learning activity sets activities are short games using elements from improvisational theater, The Core Protocols, Extreme Programming, and more. Who should attend? Anyone who wants to create a great team and build great products. You’ll leave having embodied the essential elements of accelerated continuous team-building and maintenance Learning Objectives: - Learn the science and research on high-performance teams, psychological safety, and emotional intelligence - The Core Protocols - Results-oriented behaviors - How to enter a state of shared vision with a team and stay there - How to create trust on a team - How to stay rational and healthy - How to make team decisions effectively - How to move quickly and with high quality towards the team’s goals