Teamwork Tools: Movement Games for Collaboration and Creativity
Are you looking for new ways to invigorate your teams? Do retrospectives seem stale? Do story breakdown meetings feel flat? On the other hand, maybe your teams are humming and you’re looking for additional variety. The research is clear—movement matters, and play stimulates creativity. Join Andrew Smith as he takes you through a series of movement games that are lively and fun, while exploring how these practices can be applied to promote collaboration and creativity within teams. Discover how to use play to shift perspectives and enable new insights within your team. Learn about the importance of creating safety and trust—essential for getting all ideas and viewpoints out on the table. Additionally, see how to use these games for reflection and learning—as tools to understand your own style of collaboration and leadership. Leave with an experience of several movement games and a guide for putting them into practice with your teams.
Andrew Smith is a senior systems architect and agile coach at Innovative Software Engineering (ISE). Andrew coaches teams, writes software, teaches agile, heads ISE’s engineering/agile practices community, and leads client engagements. With almost thirty years of experience in systems engineering and test, software development, and technical leadership, Andrew has worked on systems as diverse as avionics, vehicle telematics, system test software for embedded controllers, and education. He is driven by a profound curiosity and a passion for the ever-evolving answers to “How do we do this better?” Andrew’s other interests include yoga, Argentine tango, and public speaking.