Agile coaches share energizing team exercises

Mark Spitzer
Agile Velocity
Role
5 yrs
Name
Company
Agile Coach
mspitzer@agilevelocity.com
Email Address

Mark Spitzer
Agile Coach
Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
Agile Austin Board Member (Program Chair)
Website – AgileVelocity.com
Twitter - @mspitzer
Confidential and Proprietary Property of Agile Velocity - Austin, TX
www.agilevelocity.com

Kirsten Maitland
Agile Coach
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Certified Product Owner (CSPO)
Website – AgileVelocity.com
Confidential and Proprietary Property of Agile Velocity - Austin, TX www.agilevelocity.com

39%
Admitted Dozing Off
70%
Brought Other Work
25-50%
Time Wasted

Ball Toss Name Game
Round 1
1. Stand in a circle
2. Say your own name
while tossing ball to
someone else
3. Repeat until
everyone has had a
turn
Round 2
1. Stay in circle
2. Say another’s name
while tossing ball to
them
3. Repeat until
everyone has had a
turn
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Ball Toss Game Debrief
• How did that feel?
• When could you use this at work?

Ball Toss Topic Game
“What Have You Seen
Work Well in Meetings?”
1. Stand in a circle
2. Answer question while tossing ball to
someone else
3. Repeat until time expires

Ball Toss Game Debrief
• When would you use the name game
versus the topic game?

• “At the start of another 2 hour meeting I
thought…”

• What did you observe?
• When could you use this?

Bibbity-Bobbity-Bop
Setup
Goal: Get someone to take your place in the
middle
1. Stand in a circle with at least 9 people
2. Someone stands in the middle of the circle
3. May want to take off heels for small jumps
4. Be prepared for highly interactive exercise!

Bibbity-Bobbity-Bop
Round 1
1. Person in middle approaches anyone in
circle and says:
– “Bibbity-Bobbity-Bop” o r
– “Bop”
2. In order to avoid going to the middle you
must:
– Say “Bop” before they finish “Bibbity-Bobbity-
Bop” or
– Say nothing in response to “Bop”

Bibbity-Bobbity-Bop
Round 2
1. Person in middle approaches anyone in circle
says:
– “James Bond 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10”
2. Before they reach 10 person challenged
must:
– Adopt and hold the James Bond position
– Person on each side become Bond girls who cry
“Oh James, Oh James”
3. Anyone not in position by count of 10 must go
in middle
4. Can use methods from round 1

Bibbity-Bobbity-Bop
Round 3
and says:
– “Elephant 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10”
must:
– Adopt and hold an elephant position
– Person on each side forms elephant ears
in middle
4. Can use methods from other rounds

Bibbity-Bobbity-Bop
Round 4
and says:
– “Toaster 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10”
must:
– Jump up and down like a piece of ready toast
– Person on each side forms the toaster
in middle
4. Can use methods from other rounds

Bibbity-Bobbity-Bop - Debrief
1. How did that feel?
2. How could this exercise be incorporated
into the workplace?
3. Did your perspective change after a couple
rounds?

Pass the Card
How to make workplace more engaging?
1. Each person takes one index card and pen
2. Write the name of the topic on the top of the card
3. Write down ideas related to the topic in 15 seconds
4. Pass the card to your right and add new ideas
1. Repeat until the session time expires

Pass the Card - Debrief
1. What did you like about this exercise?
2. When would this exercise be useful?

Fist of Five
Disagreement Consensus
Good Enough
I won’t fight it
Not Bad
Minor Issues to
discuss first
Average
Some value,
worth the time
Return on Time Invested
Great Idea!
I’ll help lead
Good Idea
I’ll work for it
Reservatio
n
Some
change
needed
No Way!
Lots of changes
needed
Useless
I’ll never
get
that time
back
Useful
Most time was
valuable, but lost time
Above Average
Good value, worth
more than time
Excellent
High value,
incredibly useful
N/A

Summary
Exercise What is it? When to use?
1. Ball Toss Name Game Toss ball to each other
and state name of person
passing ball to
- Kick off meeting
- Team building
- Energize people
2. Ball Toss Topic Game Toss ball to each other
and answer a question
when receiving ball
- Brainstorming
- Team building
3. Progressive Story One person starts with a
prompt then each person
continues the story by
adding 1-2 sentences
- Ice breaker
- Encourage equal
participation
4. Bibbity-Bobbity-Bop Use different techniques
to get someone to take
your place in the middle
- Tension relief
- Long workshop
- Team building
5. Pass the Card Write down ideas. Pass
to person on right. They
add ideas. Continue
passing.
- Brainstorming
- Encourage equal
participation

Questions
What do you
want to know?
@mspitzer
mspitzer@agilevelocity.com
kirsten.maitland@agilevelocity.com
Confidential and Proprietary Property of Agile Velocity - Austin, TX

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