by Jen Miller
This session introduces the concept of a Growth Mindset and its synergies to Scrum and Agile, through the sharing of examples I have experienced. Attendees will learn what the qualities of a Growth versus Fixed Mindset are and how to recognise them in ourselves, our teams, and organisations. Tips and techniques on how to introduce and promote a growth mindset and how it helps build smarter scrum and agile teams will also be shared, so attendees have practical tools to take away with them.
The concept of a Growth Mindset gained real visibility with Carol Dweck’s research and 2007 book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. Her research looked at how children learned and faced challenges and problems thought to be beyond their age. Children who were excited to try something new, and learn while doing it, demonstrated what Carol Dweck called the ‘Growth Mindset’. The principles of Scrum align with this concept as they are founded on the empirical practices of try, inspect, and adapt. Seeking to continue learning and improving are characteristic of Scrum and the Growth Mindset. Being aware of, and practicing, the qualities of a growth mindset will make scrum teams and organisations stronger, more resilient, and adaptive in times of challenge and change.
4. My hope
What’s exciting, is what happens
next…
You recognise your mindset and the
mindset of those around you
You apply things you learn in your
scrum teams and organisations
5. Beliefs
A particular what of thinking
A person’s attitude which
influences a situational response
What is
Mindset
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6. Fixed Mindset v
Growth Mindset
Talent and
intelligence are
developed
Effort is valued and
leads to mastery
Feedback is welcome
and is vital for
learning
Talent and
intelligence are fixed
Challenges aren’t
taken to avoid failure
Feedback isn’t sought
as to not highlight
flaws
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8. How having a
growth mindset
helps build good
scrum teams
and agile
organisations
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9. My Story
Fixed to Growth Mindset
Childhood
experiences that
influenced me
Learnings that
evolved me
Experiences which
moulded me
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Believe In NotYet – be resilient, be
curious and keep learning
Be an ally, not a judge of others
Absolutely value the outcome, just
value the effort to get there too!
10. It takes effort, practice, and
reflection and more practice to
build scrum skills
Training is
imporant,
but
practice is
invaluable
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11. But don’t fall into the False Growth
Mindset trap!
Value Effort
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13. TimTebow, 2008
‘I just want to say one thing.
To the fans and everybody in Gator Nation, I'm
sorry, extremely sorry.
I promise you one thing, a lot of good will come
out of this.
You will never see any player in the entire
country play as hard as I will play the rest of the
season, and you will never see someone push the
rest of the team as hard as I will push everybody
the rest of the season, and you will never see a
team play harder than we will the rest of the
season.
God bless.’
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The
Promise
14. Growth mindset is taking
responsibility
Fixed mindset is making excuses
who it couldn't/didn’t happen
Take
responsibility,
don’t lay
blame
Do
Don’t
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15. Don’t be biased to what you
already know
Don’t just think different, act
differently
Create a ritual of asking ‘WHY?’
Experiment
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‘It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I
stay with problems longer.’ Albert Einstein
16. Be purposeful to the outcome
Value the learning along the way
to achieving it
Outcome
over Output
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17. The Mindset to keep wanting to
get better is what keeps us
learning
Believe in
Not Yet
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When the world says, ‘Give up,’ Hope
whispers, ‘Try one more time.’ -
anonymous
18. Establish a ‘it’s safe to learn’
practice
Find the FUN in learning
Fail successfully
Find the
courage to
fail, not fear
to never try
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21. My work here is never
done.
I'm always seeking to
learn more from others
and the world around meThank you!
22. If nothing else!
Remember
this
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Believe In NotYet – be
resilient, be curious and
keep learning
Be an ally, not a judge of
others
Absolutely value the
outcome, just value the
effort to get there too!
23. References
To learn more these are the key
references used
Image credit: https://pixabay.com/
Article sources: https://hbr.org/
https://www.forbes.com/leadership/
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