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Can laughing at our problems actually help us solve them? @PaulKGoddard, Agile Coach 6/27/22 02:45:00 AM @PaulKGoddard

Can laughing at our problems actually help us solve them?

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Slides from my session at Scrum Gathering South Africa, Cape Town, Oct 2013.

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Can laughing at our problems actually help us solve them?

@PaulKGoddard, Agile Coach

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Humour = Reframing = Creativity

Steve Andreas, NLP Author & Trainer

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How creative are you feeling right now?

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Runaway Train• Train is carrying 250 tonnes of

highly toxic chemicals• Train throttle is jammed at 120

mph• Train cannot turn corners

safely• Track runs out in 2 hours at a

major city station• It will take engineers 3 hours

to fix the throttle• How would you mitigate

disaster and minimise casualties?

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“The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them”

"If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it."

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What would Wile E Coyote do?

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What would Dr. Evil do?

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Six Thinking Hats (de Bono)

@PaulKGoddard

Information Emotions

PlanningDiscernment Creativity

Optimistic

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Six Thinking Hats (de Bono)

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Collaboration + Humour = Creativity

Paul Goddard

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“imagine that you are imaginative”

Paul Z Jackson

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Gift Box

An Simple Improv Game

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Gift Box

“Who was surprised by the amazing

powers of their imagination?”

“How did you think of all those things?”

“How useful were the prompts and

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“offers are the basic unit of currency for improv”

Neil Mullarkey

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Delight

An Improv Game

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One Word Story

An Improv Game

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“The secret is not to quite know what to do, then it’s always exciting.”

Keith Johnstone

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“Creativity is not a talent. It’s a way of operating.”

John Cleese

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“A day without laughter is a day wasted”

Charlie Chaplin

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Audience Creativity

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Thank you for playing…

@PaulKGoddard