When one has fun at work, work becomes fun. However, daily pressures, metrics, KPIs, and what not, have dissolved the fun, and made work drudgery in various ways. This creates stress for individuals, in teams, and across teams, there is mistrust, unnecessary competition, blame, finger-pointing ….What better way to learn, and re-learn the basics of life, work, team-work - than to play a game, have fun, and correlate it with how life and work indeed should be treated as a game, and we should have fun in this journey. Only then can people truly succeed, and so can organisations.Here, we will play a game – “Collaboration - A Taboo!” – where you will –Re-learn collaboration techniques via a game!Learning applicable for individuals & teams, in small or big organisationsRe-live your childhood when playing this gameBe prepared for a twist which will leave you thinking!

1. Collaboration – A Taboo!
Anand Bagmar
Software Quality Evangelist, Essence Of Testing
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2. About Me
EssenceOfTesting.com
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3. What are we going to do?
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4. How?
• Create groups
• Split in 2 teams within the group
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5. Rules
• 1 min per word
• No speaking of the “word” or “any Taboo” word – full or partial words
• Attempt as many words as you can in 10 min
• No pointing / actions / gestures / drawing / humming
• 1 rule of your Group Captains choice!
• +10 points for correct guess, -5 points for breaking the rule
• Have fun, be loud, show how much energy & passion you have!
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6. Example
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7. Rules
• 1 min per word
• No speaking of the “word” or “any Taboo” word – full or partial words
• Attempt as many words as you can in 10 min
• No pointing / actions / gestures / drawing / humming
• 1 rule of your Group Captains choice!
• +10 points for correct guess, -5 points for breaking the rule
• Have fun, be loud, show how much energy & passion you have!
@BagmarAnand

8. Retrospective
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9. Thank you
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