The document discusses the impact of hierarchy and power dynamics on high-performance team culture and psychological safety, highlighting that safety is essential for organizational success. It includes activities for demonstrating leadership and following roles to facilitate understanding of these dynamics. Additionally, it mentions approaches to enhance creativity in agile teams.

1. Experiencing Hierarchy
Gitte Klitgaard
Test Leadership Congress 2018

2. * Richard Kasperowski:
* Power Games for High-performance Team
Culture, Psychological Safety, and EI
https://www.slideshare.net/rkasper/craft-
conference-2018-power-games-for-
highperformance-team-culture-psychological-
safety-and-ei
Inspiration

3. * Hierarchy and power distance destroy high
performing organisations
* They erode safety
* Safety is a prerequisite for high performing
Why do we need to talk about
hierarchy?

4. * Find a partner
* Pick a leader
* Mirror your partner
* Debrief
Step one: Mirroring

5. * Leader:
* Hold your hand 10 cm from follower’s nose
* Slowly move your hand, moving your follower
through space
* Follower:
* Follow your leader’s hand
* Debrief
One hand hypnosis

6. * CEO: Stand in the middle: Lead your SVP
* SVP: follow your CEO, lead directors..
* Etc
* Debrief
Corporate Hypnosis

7. Wrapup

8. * Paul Goddard: Improv-ing Agile Teams: Using
Constraints to Unlock Creativity
* Augusto Boal: Games for actors and non-
actors
Books

9. I love connecting :)
gitte.klitgaard@yahoo.d
Feel free to contact me:
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