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EPIC Experience 2020 - Agile Team Member

Thursday, April 23

Jessie Shternshus
The Improv Effect
K4

Conscious Curiosity: The Key to Innovation

Thursday, April 23, 2020 - 8:30am to 9:45am

Curiosity is the spark that drives ideas. It fuels imagination, creative work, and innovation, and it is the driving force behind discoveries of all kinds. Yet we tend to lose our drive to be curious as we grow up. How can we all be more consciously curious? How can you help instill a culture of curiosity at your company or at home? What are the benefits of a curious mind and culture? Jessie Shternshus will talk about her innate and learned curiosity and share how it fueled her exploration of the subject. She will walk you through how she has...

Kristoffer Nordström
Northern Test Consulting AB
K6

Fun as a Productivity Tool

Thursday, April 23, 2020 - 4:30pm to 5:30pm

We should all just be professionals and do our jobs, right? There's no need for fun at work as long as everyone comes in and does their hours, right? As long as we have our processes to cover the work needed, we're good, right? Wrong! Kristoffer Nordström will show you why we need to have fun at work, why simply following the processes isn't always right, and, yes, why we sometimes need to bend the rules just a little to get things done. New research and insights into humanistic approaches have illuminated concepts such as grit and drive, which attempt to explain what motivates people. We'...