The workshop was nothing short of amazing. Lee Devin took a group of us through a 5 hour deep-dive into the key skills used by actors to create and collaborate. What Lee calls Artful Making (see book for more). This is 100% applicable for Agile teams and this has immediately become part of my toolkit for fostering creativity and much more.
(Part 1 of 5 blogs on the Scrum Gathering in Orlando.)
I have attempted to capture the key aspects of the workshop in the mindmap below.
I walked out of the session with:
- Better ability to LISTEN. This had been on my self-improvement list for years.
- A deep sense of playfulness, curiousity and creativity. Lee helped me reconnect with skills I had when I was much younger.
- A strong connection with other participants.
- Understand my EDGE in a number of different situations. I can now explore and expand this in a positive way.
The exercise where we were creating together through movement is a great way to illustrate the benefits that can be found through pairing. Together we were able to create and invent things that I could not even conceive of in advance. It was really awesome to experience such effective collaboration without words.
Not only was this fun, it also is immensely practical. One note of caution when you do take it: you will start off slowly and build the foundations; the really cool stuff comes together later on.
Kudo’s to the Scrum Gathering organizers and many thanks to Lee for sharing his craft.
Special mention to those that made it special for me. In photo: Mark Strange, Siraj Sirajuddin, Lee Devin, (me), Juan Banda. Also, Mats Janemalm (not in photo).
