[teampractices] My experience at Agile Games West 2016

Wed Oct 19 23:06:29 UTC 2016

Hi Max, All,

I really enjoyed learning about these games. I can see how it definitely
can increase the productivity, cohesiveness and collaboration with the
team. I was wondering if based on your experience or what was shared each
one might be more appropriate to use at certain points with Scrum team or
events. For example, a game may be used at a retrospective or one if it's a
newly formed Scrum team?

Also, I would like to ask if there was any sharing on Humor in the workplace
<https://submissions-production.s3.amazonaws.com/attachments/attachments/000/002/620/original/Humor_trumps_all_Agile_2016.compressed.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIKK35CR3V3P7N25A&Expires=1476918863&Signature=oY1vSG%2FGC7mavsyO5hYWrokHtEs%3D>?
There
was a Meet up
<https://www.meetup.com/Silicon-Valley-Agile-Leadership-Network/events/234420664/>
where
Tamsen Mitchell recently share this topic.  If you have any experience or
thoughts on the topic I'd love to hear. My previous experience it's a
common language that often brings a team together.

Thanks,
Geeta

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Kevin Smith <ksmith at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Thanks Max!!!
>
> This was all a good reminder of that wide variety of activities that fall
> under the "play" and "games" umbrellas. Learning a new language, collecting
> salt shakers, and telling jokes can all be considered part of that world.
>
> The "Play Personality" types are really interesting. As a fan of modern
> boardgames, I want to point out that the "Competitor" doesn't have to be in
> competition with other people. Cooperative games are a great example of
> fulfilling a desire to win, but doing so *with* others, rather than
> *against* them. Plus, as the full description of that type mentions, it's
> about optimization as well as winning. I would argue that it's more about
> optimization than winning: Doing my best in a game is far more important
> than doing better than someone else.
>
> Although I'm not a huge fan of the card game Fluxx, it sounds like that
> next session used it very effectively. There is an obscure cooperative game
> ("Divinity") that has similar core mechanisms to Fluxx. If I buy it, maybe
> I'll bring it to a TPG event to try.
>
> Like Arthur, I want to hear more about the sorting hat. At a glance, it
> reminds me of the old (apparently misnamed) "Bayesian" email spam filters I
> played around with years ago. Or more generally, neural networks, I
> suppose. In an odd twist where the brain ends up simulating a simulation of
> a brain. When reviewing code, I often describe it in terms of feelings or
> odd sensations that something is out of place, even if I can't quite
> identify the specific offense. Fortunately, with more analysis, the
> true/objective cause usually becomes clear.
>
>
>
>
>
> Kevin Smith
> Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 5:48 PM, Arthur Richards <arichards at wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for sharing this Max, sounds like an interesting few sessions.
>> Would love to hear more about 'the sorting hat'!
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 6:09 AM Max Binder <mbinder at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I recently attended a "pre-conference" to Agile Open California. I wrote
>>> up my experience and posted it on the Team Practices Group MediaWiki page:
>>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Team_Practices_Group/Agile_Games_West
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