In this post, we’ll have a look at why and how to use Blackout Bingo to prime learners for new information to come. Why Use Blackout Bingo? How do you prepare workshop participants for important information to come? A common way to prepare participants is to take them through an agenda on a slide or …
Klaus Leopold author of “rethinking Agile” describes Flight Levels as a “thinking model” that can help you discover and highlight where in an organization you need to focus on to achieve your desired objectives. Flight Levels is not an organisational model or a maturity model. It is essentially a tool to help you think and …
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What shall I work on next? If you facilitate Daily Scrums (or whatever you call your daily meeting), this is never a straightforward question and it can be difficult helping guide teams to the right answer. As a team member, it is never as simple as picking the lowest hanging fruit or the most important …
What shall I work on next? Using ageing charts in your Daily Scrum Read More »
We use Brain-Friendly Training techniques to create engaging training courses. We have picked up many of these techniques from studying Sharon Bowman’s Training from the BACK of the Room! book and also delivering the TBR Practitioner Course. So what can you do to create engaging training courses?
Most trainers talk about the importance of “psychological safety,” both in the classroom and in the workplace. But how do you go about creating it from the moment learners step into the classroom or training space? Psychological safety is a big deal, both in the real world and the virtual one. I know I struggle …
Training from the BACK of the Room!: Psychological Safety and C1-Connection Activities. Read More »
Practice! Practice! Practice! We know that the only way to really master new knowledge is by practising it for a substantial period of time. This is the most crucial statement in the Agile Manifesto: We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. But, “doing” is not everything. …
I recently discovered this video thanks to Boaz Zehavi at Vonage. The TED talk by Eduardo Briceño is excellent and covers a lots of relevant topics to Business Agility. As I was watching it, I made notes of things that reminded me of. This is the list: Learning/Performance zone has lots of parallels to Mihaly …
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How do we spread new fundamental concepts and knowledge? How do we generate conversations, reflection and improvement opportunities? How do we trigger people’s natural curiosity to find out more? How do we inspire people into trying new things? One option is to share interesting and eye-opening videos capturing some of the most fundamental concepts behind …
