Your Office Should Have Playtime

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1. armakuni.com Your Office should have playtime Billie Thompson
2. Introductions 2 • Billie Thompson • Developer • Fav. Animal Capybara PurpleBooth ArmakuniHQ Getting to know you, Getting to know all about you
4. We’ve worked with these people 4
5. 5 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
6. 6 6 months ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
7. 7 6 months ago, in wales...
8. Running a meeting
9. It was fine
10. It was fine 10
11. It was fine How long do I spend in meetings that are just “Fine”?
12. senior managers attend nearly 23 hours of meetings every week 12 Rogelberg, Steven & Scott, Cliff & Kello, John. (2007). The Science and Fiction of Meetings. MIT Sloan Management Review. 48.
13. 65% said meetings keep them from completing their own work 13 Harvard Business Review - https://hbr.org/2017/07/stop-the-meeting-madness
14. 71% said meetings are unproductive and inefficient 14 Harvard Business Review - https://hbr.org/2017/07/stop-the-meeting-madness
15. 62% said meetings miss opportunities to bring the team closer together. 15 Harvard Business Review - https://hbr.org/2017/07/stop-the-meeting-madness
16. 62% said meetings miss opportunities to bring the team closer together. 16 Harvard Business Review - https://hbr.org/2017/07/stop-the-meeting-madness
17. Am I cynical
18. 18 Earlier that week Introduction • Ice Breakers • Stating the goal • Setting ground rules The Meat • Context Mapping • Drew Empathy Maps • 1 - 2 - 4 - All • Dot voting Wrap up • Used DACI to take actions • Mini-retro’d
19. 19 Earlier that week Introduction • Ice Breakers • Stating the goal • Setting ground rules The Meat • Context Mapping • Drew Empathy Maps • 1 - 2 - 4 - All • Dot voting Wrap up • Used DACI to take actions • Mini-retro’d
20. 20 Earlier that week Introduction • Ice Breakers • Stating the goal • Setting ground rules The Meat • Context Mapping • Drew Empathy Maps • 1 - 2 - 4 - All • Dot voting Wrap up • Used DACI to take actions • Mini-retro’d
21. 21 Earlier that week Introduction • Ice Breakers • Stating the goal • Setting ground rules The Meat • Context Mapping • Drew Empathy Maps • 1 - 2 - 4 - All • Dot voting Wrap up • Used DACI to take actions • Mini-retro’d
22. It was fun
23. 23 What makes work fun?
24. Pink Motivation Autonomy Purpose Mastery
25. 25 Earlier that week Autonomy Introduction • Ice Breakers • Stating the goal • Setting ground rules The Meat • Context Mapping • Drew Empathy Maps • 1 - 2 - 4 - All • Dot voting Wrap up • Used DACI to take actions • Mini-retro’d
26. 26 Earlier that week Mastery Introduction • Ice Breakers • Stating the goal • Setting ground rules The Meat • Context Mapping • Drew Empathy Maps • 1 - 2 - 4 - All • Dot voting Wrap up • Used DACI to take actions • Mini-retro’d
27. 27 Earlier that week Purpose Introduction • Ice Breakers • Stating the goal • Setting ground rules The Meat • Context Mapping • Drew Empathy Maps • 1 - 2 - 4 - All • Dot voting Wrap up • Used DACI to take actions • Mini-retro’d
28. 28 https://rework.withgoogle.com/guides/understanding-team-effectiveness/steps/identify-dynamics-of-effective-teams/
29. 29 Earlier that week Safety Introduction • Ice Breakers • Stating the goal • Setting ground rules The Meat • Context Mapping • Drew Empathy Maps • 1 - 2 - 4 - All • Dot voting Wrap up • Used DACI to take actions • Mini-retro’d
30. 30 Earlier that week Dependability Introduction • Ice Breakers • Stating the goal • Setting ground rules The Meat • Context Mapping • Drew Empathy Maps • 1 - 2 - 4 - All • Dot voting Wrap up • Used DACI to take actions • Mini-retro’d
31. 31 Earlier that week Clarity & Structure Introduction • Ice Breakers • Stating the goal • Setting ground rules The Meat • Context Mapping • Drew Empathy Maps • 1 - 2 - 4 - All • Dot voting Wrap up • Used DACI to take actions • Mini-retro’d
32. 32 Earlier that week Meaning Introduction • Ice Breakers • Stating the goal • Setting ground rules The Meat • Context Mapping • Drew Empathy Maps • 1 - 2 - 4 - All • Dot voting Wrap up • Used DACI to take actions • Mini-retro’d
33. 33 Earlier that week Impact Introduction • Ice Breakers • Stating the goal • Setting ground rules The Meat • Context Mapping • Drew Empathy Maps • 1 - 2 - 4 - All • Dot voting Wrap up • Used DACI to take actions • Mini-retro’d
34. 34 I would never let another meeting be fine again.
35. 35 I was going to learn to spontaneously make work fun!
37. Stealing ideas from Improv
38. 38 Foundational Building Blocks
39. 39 The Audience Sets a Scene
40. 40 You’re an Agile Coach Having breakfast with your partner
41. 41 Offers
42. 42 Yes, and...
43. 43 You’re going to be late
44. 44 Yes, and I should rush to get out the house
45. 45 Blocks
46. 46 Yes, but...
47. 47 Yes, but I am not going to work today
48. 48 It’s Monday morning...
49. 49 Yes, and I am on my way to work
50. 50 This was the first game. Try it in your next meeting.
51. 51 Spot the Blocks Spot the Offers
52. 52 The 5 Rules of Improv
53. 53 1) Don't Deny. Denial is the number one reason most scenes go bad http://improvencyclopedia.org/references//5_Basic_Improv_Rules.html
54. 54 You got to let other people have their opinions http://improvencyclopedia.org/references//5_Basic_Improv_Rules.html
55. 55 2) Don't ask open ended Questions. http://improvencyclopedia.org/references//5_Basic_Improv_Rules.html
56. 56 Measurable, achievable outcomes http://improvencyclopedia.org/references//5_Basic_Improv_Rules.html
57. 57 3) You don't have to be funny. http://improvencyclopedia.org/references//5_Basic_Improv_Rules.html
58. 58 It doesn’t need to be fun http://improvencyclopedia.org/references//5_Basic_Improv_Rules.html
59. 59 4) You can look good if you make your partner look good. http://improvencyclopedia.org/references//5_Basic_Improv_Rules.html
60. 60 Set-up opportunities to let others succeed, even if you personally don’t http://improvencyclopedia.org/references//5_Basic_Improv_Rules.html
61. 61 5) Tell a story. http://improvencyclopedia.org/references//5_Basic_Improv_Rules.html
62. 62 Relate everything back to the life and actions of your users. Tell their story in meetings http://improvencyclopedia.org/references//5_Basic_Improv_Rules.html
63. Design by committee
65. 65 Spotting Power Dynamics
66. 66 Can you drop this database?
67. 67 Spotting Power Dynamics
68. 68 Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely
69. 69 In your next meeting: If you have power, give it away explicitly to someone else
70. 70 In your next meeting: If you don’t have power, spot a offer from someone with it, and use it!
72. Bigger Games
73. Stealing ideas from Design Thinking
74. Design Thinking Empathise Define Ideate Test Prototype 05 01 02 03 04
75. 75 Earlier that week Introduction • Ice Breakers • Stating the goal • Setting ground rules The Meat • Context Mapping • Drew Empathy Maps • 1 - 2 - 4 - All • Dot voting Wrap up • Used DACI to take actions • Mini-retro’d
76. 76 Earlier that week Empathise & Define Introduction • Ice Breakers • Stating the goal • Setting ground rules The Meat • Context Mapping • Drew Empathy Maps • 1 - 2 - 4 - All • Dot voting Wrap up • Used DACI to take actions • Mini-retro’d
77. 77 Earlier that week Ideate Introduction • Ice Breakers • Stating the goal • Setting ground rules The Meat • Context Mapping • Drew Empathy Maps • 1 - 2 - 4 - All • Dot voting Wrap up • Used DACI to take actions • Mini-retro’d
78. 78 Earlier that week Test & Prototype Introduction • Ice Breakers • Stating the goal • Setting ground rules The Meat • Context Mapping • Drew Empathy Maps • 1 - 2 - 4 - All • Dot voting Wrap up • Used DACI to take actions • Mini-retro’d
79. 79 Components or Whole Structure
80. 80 Introductions
81. 81 Ice Breakers
82. Icebreakers 82 Fuck it, you can just have my cheat sheet for this • If you were a vegetable, what vegetable would you be? • If you woke up tomorrow as an animal, what animal would you choose to be and why? • If you could live anywhere on this planet & and take everything that you love with you, where would you choose to live? • What favorite color are you and how does being that color make you feel? • If you could choose an imaginary friend, who would you choose and why? • If you could sit on a bench in a beautiful woods, who would you like sitting next to you on the bench and why? • Are you sunrise, daylight, twilight, or night? Please share why you picked your time of day. • If you could choose your age forever, what age would you choose and why? • If you could be in the movie of your choice, what movie would you choose and what character would you play? • If you were a city, which city would you choose to be and why? • What are your 3 favorite foods? • If you were a candy bar, which candy bar would you be? Share why • If you were to change your name, what name would you adopt going forward? Why? • Are you spring, summer, fall, or winter? Please share why. • If you were stranded on a desert island, what three items would you want to have with you?
83. 83 Stating the Goal
84. 84 This is the problem, what should we do? Turn the Ship Around L. David Marquet
85. 85 Control This is the problem, what should we do? Turn the Ship Around L. David Marquet
86. 86 Competence We think this is the problem, how should we solve it? Turn the Ship Around L. David Marquet
87. 87 Clarity We are going to do this, is it the right thing to do? Turn the Ship Around L. David Marquet
88. 88 Setting the ground rules
89. 89 Describe the rules of your game
90. 90 No Laptops No Mobiles Retrospective Prime Directive
91. 91 Regardless of what we discover, we understand and truly believe that everyone did the best job they could, given what they knew at the time, their skills and abilities, the resources available, and the situation at hand. --Norm Kerth, Project Retrospectives: A Handbook for Team Review
92. 92 The Meat
93. Empathise & Define Learn about their world and find evidence of problems
94. 94 Context Mapping
97. 97 A C L
98. 98 Empathy Mapping
106. Ideate Generate ideas on how to fix their problem, and commit to one
107. 107 1 - 2 - 4 All
111. 111 Dot Voting
112. 112 The Big Idea
114. 114 Putting your finger on the scales
115. Prototype & Test Try that problem and see if it helps
116. 116 Fleshing out the idea
117. 117 DACI
118. 118 Driver Approver Contributors Informed Run Experiment Share Results Joe Bloggs Annie Example Actions Annie Example
119. 119 Driver Approver Contributors Informed Run Experiment Share Results Joe Bloggs Annie Example Actions Annie Example
120. 120 Driver Approver Contributors Informed Run Experiment Share Results Joe Bloggs Annie Example Actions Annie Example
121. 121 Driver Approver Contributors Informed Run Experiment Share Results Joe Bloggs Annie Example Actions Annie Example
122. 122 Driver Approver Contributors Informed Run Experiment Share Results Joe Bloggs Annie Example Actions Annie Example
123. 123 Driver Approver Contributors Informed Run Experiment Share Results Joe Bloggs Annie Example Actions Annie Example
124. 124 Mini-retro
125. 125 Describe in one word how the meeting went?
126. Sources for other games
129. 129 I still try to keep to my promise
130. 130 This is now how I run meetings
131. 131 The Challenge Try one of these in a meeting
132. armakuni.com Thank you! Billie Thompson