​Scrum is excellent at helping surface team and organizational dysfunction, but dealing with dysfunction can be uncomfortable. As an Agilist, how do you help your team work through these newly voiced challenges?  

Court jesters have a long history of helping give voice to uncomfortable truths, often speaking words that would have others killed. In the 1300's when the French fleet was destroyed by the English at the Battle of Sluys, the French king's jester told him that the English sailors "don't even have the guts to jump into the water like our brave French". This session will help you become an Agile jester - speaking difficult truths through humor.  

During this course you'll get hands-on experience using practical tools drawn from improvisational comedy, the art of magic, and clowning.  

Adam has presented this workshop to hundreds of people at conferences including Agile 2015 and the Scrum Gathering Phoenix. This course was filmed with a small group at Agile Arizona 2018, so you'll get to see the games and retrospectives in action.

This workshop was brilliant. Adam’s smile and self-effacing humor helped us all relax as we tried out new skills. He makes learning fun. The session included improv, body movement, and stage magic. Everyone left with solid tools to help facilitate more awesomeness on their teams.