A talk about how to use techniques from improv to create better agile teams

1. Using improvisation techniques
to create better agile teams
Boyan Mihaylov
@boyanio
boyan.io

2. @boyanio
Welcome
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3. What is an agile team?
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4. @boyanio www.leadingagile.com

5. A "team" in the Agile sense is a
small group of people, assigned to
the same project or effort, […]
@boyanio https://www.agilealliance.org/glossary/team/

6. The team is expected to
possess all of the necessary
competencies, […]
@boyanio https://www.agilealliance.org/glossary/team/

7. The notion of team entails
shared accountability: […]
@boyanio https://www.agilealliance.org/glossary/team/

8. @boyanio http://www.firstsun.com
Ready, set, go

9. group != team
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10. @boyanio http://vitalitychicago.com

11. @boyanio https://skycliffs.files.wordpress.com

12. @boyanio http://melcasipit.com/blog/page/92/

13. @boyanio http://www.naelimits.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/IMG-7064.jpg
The ultimate team building

14. @boyanio http://atlantamoms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/IMG_4104.jpg

15. Improvisation, or improv, is a form
of live theatre in which the plot,
characters and dialogue of a game,
scene or story are made up
in the moment.
@boyanio http://www.hideouttheatre.com/about/what-is-improv

16. @boyanio https://quicket.azureedge.net/media/0041307_0.Jpeg

17. “I begin with an idea and then it
becomes something else.”
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Pablo Picasso

18. @boyanio http://brokeandchic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/party-planning-tips-1000x667.jpg
Game: planning a party

19. Yes, and…
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20. Listen
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21. @boyanio https://a56923.wordpress.com/2016/04/19/female-teens-and-workplace-distraction/

22. @boyanio
Game: broken phone
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23. What if I fail?
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24. @boyanio http://res.cloudinary.com/www-virgin-com/virgin-com-prod/sites/virgin.com/files/Articles/Entrepreneur/Thumbnails/Failure/if-failure-1200x800-v01b.jpg
Failure as a learning opportunity

25. @boyanio https://cdn.psychologytoday.com/sites/default/files/blogs/92333/2014/05/151530-154777.jpg
Treat each other as if we are
geniuses, poets and artists

26. @boyanio https://www.kmilearning.com/increasing-employee-happiness-through-e-learning/

27. Boyan Mihaylov / @boyanio / boyan.io