Teamwork ain’t always easy. From meetings where everybody has something to say but nothing gets done to poor decisions being made because the most senior or most forceful team member won the argument; sometimes you long for the days of high-walled cubicles and lone ranger coding. Long no more.
In this workshop, you will learn a few simple techniques that drastically improve a team’s ability to work together toward common goals with less conflict and more genuine collaboration.
15. Should we offer Peet’s Coffee?
Disagree. I
Require
Changes
Needs
Discussion.
I Have
Change!
Suggestions
Desire
Discussion.
Have Minor
Concerns
Not in Total
Agreement,
but Will
Support
Good Idea, I
Will Work
For It
Great Idea, I
Will Lead
the Charge
Fist To Five
16. Now You Try It
https://www.flickr.com/photos/escalepade/2527644208
20. Top of the line Herman Miller.
Those chairs are a scam. Get the $120 chair from OfficeBarn.
I like the conference room chairs.
Lumbar support, please.
It doesn’t matter to me, but we could each buy our own.
I don’t really care, but I personally like leather chairs.
What kind of chairs should we purchase?
21. Top of the line Herman Miller.
Those chairs are a scam. Get the $120 chair from OfficeBarn
I like the conference room chairs.
Lumbar support, please.
What kind of chairs should we purchase?
It doesn’t matter to me, but
we could each buy our own.
I don’t really care, but I
personally like leather
chairs.
22. Forming the Right Team
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25. Collaboration Contracts
https://www.flickr.com/photos/socialeurope/4303414729
Explain Consult Agree Advise Inquire
I will Explain
my reasoning
for this
decision
I will Consult
with others
before making
this decision
I will Agree with
others on this
decision
I will Advise the
decision maker
I will Inquire
about the
decision
Joe Alice Thom, Susan
Art, Arnie,
Janet, Frank
26. Collaboration Contracts
https://www.flickr.com/photos/socialeurope/4303414729
Explain Consult Agree Advise Inquire
I will Explain
my reasoning
for this
decision
I will Consult
with others
before making
this decision
I will Agree with
others on this
decision
I will Advise the
decision maker
I will Inquire
about the
decision
Joe
Alice, Thom,
Susan
Art, Arnie,
Janet, Frank
27. Collaboration Contracts
https://www.flickr.com/photos/socialeurope/4303414729
Explain Consult Agree Advise Inquire
I will Explain
my reasoning
for this
decision
I will Consult
with others
before making
this decision
I will Agree with
others on this
decision
I will Advise the
decision maker
I will Inquire
about the
decision
Joe
Alice, Thom,
Susan
Art, Arnie,
Janet, Frank
Alice, Thom,
Arnie, Frank
Susan, Art Janet, Joe
28. Collaboration Contracts
https://www.flickr.com/photos/socialeurope/4303414729
Explain Consult Agree Advise Inquire
I will Explain
my reasoning
for this
decision
I will Consult
with others
before making
this decision
I will Agree with
others on this
decision
I will Advise the
decision maker
I will Inquire
about the
decision
Joe
Alice, Thom,
Susan
Art, Arnie,
Janet, Frank
Susan, Thom
Alice, Art, Arnie,
Frank
Janet, Joe
29. Now You Try It
https://www.flickr.com/photos/escalepade/2527644208
33. Explain Consult Agree Advise Inquire
I will Explain
my reasoning
for this
decision
I will Consult
with others
before making
this decision
I will Agree with
others on this
decision
I will Advise the
decision maker
I will Inquire
about the
decision
1.Choose Conference Room Chairs
2.Create an Engineering Recruiting Process
3.Marketing Plan for Agilistration
4.Select a Testing Strategy & Tools
Run Some Contracts
10 minutes
34. We’ve got the right team…
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35. Why are decisions so difficult?
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0
10
20
30
40
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Next
Trend % Profit
I’ve seen this before.
Let’s try ...
As a matter of
fact...
Yes, but I
feel...
That will never work
because...
This is an
AWSOME opportunity!
We’re
Doomed
Combine all this and …
47. Neutral, objective,
only concerned
with facts and
figures
The emotional
view,
just what you
feel, no
justification
needed
Careful and
cautious, the
“devil’s advocate”,
points out the
weakness in ideas
Sunny and
positive, covers
hope and positive
thinking
Associated with
fertile growth,
creativity and
new ideas
Cool, the color of
the sky, above
everything else,
the organizing hat
Six Thinking Hats
59. Now You Try It
https://www.flickr.com/photos/escalepade/2527644208
60. Open a new office for sales and
development of Agilistration in Palo Alto.
!
We have $2.4M
!
Additional funding from employees, then
friends and family.
Proposal
61. Neutral, objective,
only concerned
with facts and
figures
The emotional
view,
just what you
feel, no
justification
needed
Careful and
cautious, the
“devil’s advocate”,
points out the
weakness in ideas
Sunny and
positive, covers
hope and positive
thinking
Associated with
fertile growth,
creativity and
new ideas
Cool, the color of
the sky, above
everything else,
the organizing hat
Six Thinking Hats
Palo Alto Sales and
development
office for
Agilistration.
!
We have $2.4M
!
Additional funding
from employees,
then friends and
family.
63. “[Argument] completely lacks a constructive, creative
or design element. It was intended only to discover
the 'truth' not to build anything.”
Edward DeBono
“No one person, no one alliance, no one nation, no
one of us is as smart as all of us thinking together.”
James Stavridis (Navy Admiral)
Parting Thoughts