{"id":125,"date":"2011-10-07T01:30:55","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T01:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.agilityfeat.com\/?p=125"},"modified":"2011-10-07T01:30:55","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T01:30:55","slug":"assorted-140-character-thoughts-from-accus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agilityfeatpanama.com\/en\/blog\/2011\/10\/assorted-140-character-thoughts-from-accus\/","title":{"rendered":"Assorted 140 character thoughts from #ACCUS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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@TobiasMayer leading keynote games<\/p><\/div>\n

I tend to write blog posts that are too long.\u00a0 Which is why sometimes I don\u2019t blog as often as I should.<\/p>\n

But I really want to share everything with you that I learned at Agile Coach Camp US<\/a> (#ACCUS<\/a>) in Columbus Ohio last week.<\/p>\n

So instead of a long blog post that I feel obligated to make perfect, I\u2019m going to \u201cblog tweet\u201d a bunch of short thoughts\u2026<\/p>\n

Thanks first go to @Paul_Boos<\/a> and the rest of the volunteers.\u00a0 You did an incredible job – thanks for making it possible!<\/p>\n

Friday AM was @TobiasMayer<\/a> leading the keynote games.\u00a0 \u201cFailure Bows\u201d were a big hit, and lasted through the weekend.<\/p>\n

Failure bow: stick your hands high up in the air, wear stupid grin, and say something like \u201cI failed!\u00a0 This is a learning opportunity!\u201d<\/p>\n

He had all us walk around the room in that pose, greeting people.\u00a0 Very funny.<\/p>\n

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Ideas for helping 50+ ppl projects from a @MichaelSahota session<\/p><\/div>\n

He also led a swarming exercise to show how groups band together.\u00a0 It was fun, but didn\u2019t work as he expected.<\/p>\n

So I love how @TobiasMayer<\/a> took a \u201cfailure bow\u201d himself and proposed an open space session for Saturday to try other ideas with this game.<\/p>\n

@TobiasMayer<\/a> also led \u201cfriends and enemies\u201d exercise. Pick an enemy across the room, and keep a friend between you equidistant.\u00a0 Hard to do!<\/p>\n

Showed how it\u2019s easier to coordinate large groups when we treat each other as colleagues than jockeying for political positions.<\/p>\n

I had the pleasure of walking back to the hotel with @TobiasMayer<\/a> once, and it was great to get to know him IRL.<\/p>\n

@MichaelSahota<\/a> led a coaching skills workshop where I met @DaveSharrock<\/a> and @IndyAgilista<\/a> and we formed a coaching team.<\/p>\n

We rotated roles between coach, client, and observer, and coached each other thru real problems.<\/p>\n

Very revealing for me.\u00a0 It was a great chance for me to practice the \u201cpowerful questions\u201d I\u2019ve been learning from @MichaelSpayd<\/a><\/p>\n

I realized doing this I was a better coach in that session than I have been with real clients.\u00a0 I was less afraid. (virtual failure bow!)<\/p>\n

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A game of Failure Pattern Poker<\/p><\/div>\n

Now I am giving myself permission to fail more (virtual failure bow!) and take more risks with my questions.<\/p>\n

The best questions I can ask are those that question the client\u2019s assumptions as well as my own assumptions\/fears about what can be done.<\/p>\n

\u201cDescribe to me what it would look like if you could solve this problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

@DaveSharrock<\/a> and @IndyAgilista<\/a> were great and I\u2019m grateful to have made their friendship at #ACCUS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

@MHSutton<\/a> led a very fun improv session. He delivered side splitting laughter as promised.\u00a0 I felt like I was on \u201cWhose Line is it anyways?\u201d<\/p>\n

@MHSutton<\/a> had us do actual improv skits to loosen up and for team building.\u00a0 Note to self: Bippitby Bippitby Bop! I was \u201cgarbage truck man.\u201d<\/p>\n

I brought \u201cDr Swiffer Wiper\u201d into the game.\u00a0 Best I could come up with, but it seemed to work!<\/p>\n

In the PM, I led a session on failure pattern poker.\u00a0 Very grateful to the people who joined in and we had two great tables going.<\/p>\n

@GDinwiddie<\/a>, @Paul_Boos<\/a>, @S2IL<\/a>, & others had gr8 ideas for game revisions, depending on its use for training or retrospectives. Thank you!<\/p>\n

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More Failure Pattern Poker<\/p><\/div>\n

It was very fun and I hope to improve on it for future use.<\/p>\n

I also attended some great open space sessions that gave me many good ideas.<\/p>\n

@S2IL<\/a> led an interesting discussion on the Half Arsed Agile Manifesto<\/a>. How can we use sarcasm and humor with our clients?<\/p>\n

I think the answer was carefully, and with their permission, but it\u2019s a valuable way to mirror back behaviors to clients.<\/p>\n

Just going over the Half Arsed Agile Manifesto created a lot of great discussion.<\/p>\n

Also had an interesting discussion with @GerryKirk<\/a> & others from smaller cities.\u00a0 We discussed how to build agile communities.<\/p>\n

Charlottesville already has an impressive per-capita agile group in AgileCville, thanks to the efforts of many excellent folks.<\/p>\n

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Discussion points on building agile communities in small cities<\/p><\/div>\n

Gave me ideas for inexpensive one-day agile conf or pay as you can training. Perhaps get several biz’s to jointly bring in CSM training?<\/p>\n

I had lunch at a table with @OlafLewitz<\/a> who told me how we should stop talking about projects, and focus on product dev instead. Loved it.<\/p>\n

The side conversations with @AgileToolkit<\/a>, @DavidBulkin<\/a> and others were always fun and fruitful.\u00a0 It was great to see everyone.<\/p>\n

The beers at night, networking, and discussions were also very valuable.\u00a0 I wish I had everyone\u2019s twitter name to thank for the good times.<\/p>\n

@DerekWWade<\/a> was hilarious marveling over Murphy\u2019s waitress\u2019s triple major at OSU and twitter. Didn\u2019t write her twitter down or I\u2019d shoutout.<\/p>\n

Still waiting for people to start the tag #ShitThatAngelineSays<\/a> after many funny talks with @AgileMeister<\/a>. Scared to start it myself.<\/p>\n

And of course there were quite a few hilarious conversations that I\u2019m not going to be the first one to tweet about.<\/p>\n

@DerekWWade<\/a> and @DaveSharrock<\/a> probably know what I\u2019m thinking of.<\/p>\n

In one last tweet, what did I learn at #ACCUS<\/a>?<\/p>\n

As an agile coach, you sometimes feel alone at the client.<\/p>\n

Shouting into the storm, and bummed that people are slow to join you, even after you show them there is a better way to do things.<\/p>\n

Agile coaches all face similar challenges and fears.\u00a0 Facing them and questioning them for ourselves and our clients is how we bring value.<\/p>\n

Okay, that was 3 last tweets.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 What can I say? I\u2019m inspired.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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