the playful analyst - georgiana mannion (@processincolour) - bcs agile sg
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The Playful BAGeorgiana Mannion
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"You can learn more about a person in an hour of play than you can from a lifetime of conversation"
- Plato
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9 – Questions8 – Other uses of play 7 – Doodles6 – Games to play5 – LEGO Serious Play™4 – Power of Play3 – Epistemology2 – Understanding groups1 – Legitimising play
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Legitimising playBut I am a grown up
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"Every child learns at a very early stage that when they’re asked a question in school they must first ask themselves a question: What answer does the asker expect? That’s the way you get through school, by providing people with the answers they expect."
- Dr. Russell L. Ackoff
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Negate fundamentals
Remove structure
Remove the need for seriousness
Cost a fortune
What playfulness doesn’t do
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Understanding groups
With group dynamics
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Barriers and opportunities
Stereotypes / Prejudice
Personalities and Personas
Introvert/Extrovert
Emotions
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The problems with groups
Too weak / too strong authority
Blocking
Free riding
Over evaluation
Groupthink
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EpistemologyThe theory of knowledge
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Dr Kevin De Souza –Facilitating Tacit Knowledge Exchange, COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM June 2003/Vol. 46, No. 6
Tacit Knowledge Study
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Power of PlayAnd being abstract
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Lego Serious Play ™Not actually serious
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Seriously Lego
Strategy development and exploration
Organisational development
Innovation and product development
Change management
Scenario development and testing
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Teaching grown ups Test Driven Development …using Lego Kev McCabe http://bigmadkev.com
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Games to playDo try this at home
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Personas
Name them
Describe their input
Everyone contribute pieces
Agree the person
Refer back
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Strategy Play
Provide Lego
Ease in with games
Set times
Set the challenges
Everyone talks
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Plan
Assign times
Build
Update
Review
Lego Estimation
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Devil’s advocate
Use the consensus
Empower one or more
Invite all challenges
React
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The opposite of play isn’t work, it’s depression.
- Dr Stuart Brown
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ADULTS
PLAYING
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Doodles & daydreams
To keep attention!
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Why the crayons?
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Other uses of playNot just for BAs
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QuestionsOr even complaints