My session at Agile Adria 2013, Zagreb. This discusses some useful tips to help teams maximise creativity through collaboration.

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Creative Collaboration
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How creative are you feeling right
now?

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Creativity @ 11:15am

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Runaway Train
• Train is carrying 250 tonnes of
highly toxic gaseous chemicals
• Train throttle is jammed at 120
mph
• Train cannot turn corners safely
• Track runs out in 2 hours at a
major city station
• It will take engineers 3 hours to
fix the throttle
• Find a way to mitigate disaster
and minimise casualties

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“The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the
same level of thinking with which we created them”
"If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it."

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Reframing = Creativity
Steve Andreas, NLP Author & Trainer

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What would Wile E Coyote do?

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What would Dr. Evil do?

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Six Thinking Hats (de Bono)
Information Emotions
PlanningDiscernment Creativity
Optimistic

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Six Thinking Hats (de Bono)

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“Come with me, and you'll be, in a
world of pure imagination. Take a
look and you'll see into your
imagination.”
Willy Wonka

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Gift Box
An Improv Game

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Gift Box
• “Who was surprised by the amazing
powers of their imagination?”
• “How did you think of all those things?”
• “How useful were the prompts and
encouragements?”

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Collaboration brings Creativity.
Creativity brings Collaboration.
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“offers are the basic unit of
currency for collaboration”
Neil Mullarkey

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Accept the Offer
An Improv Game

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Delight
An Improv Game

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A great collaborator is able to accept
a block, and turn it into an offer.
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Silent Rooms
An Improv Game

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Silent Rooms
• “Does anyone need to say anything about what they did?”
• “Does anyone need as ask anyone about what he/she did?”
• “What did you find challenging about that game?”
• “What did you find liberating about that game?”
• “How much did you enjoy expressing yourself without
words?”

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Three Headed Expert
An Improv Game

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“Creativity is not a talent. It’s a
way of operating.”
John Cleese

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How creative are you feeling right
now?

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Creativity @ 12:30pm

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