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The Future of Work Scotland team are delighted to be hosting author of Improving Agile Teams, Paul Goddard.

As a keen improviser himself, Paul has been tested through these times on how to adapt and pivot during uncertainty. Paul will share some of his thoughts on how the improv principles and practices he teaches have helped both himself and the teams he coaches through the lockdown period - and maybe even have some fun with some short-form improv games for the online attendees!

Learning Objectives:

What can our attendees expect to take away from the session?

● An understanding that improv is embracing change (not about being funny)
● More confidence around being creative
● Techniques to enhance collaboration
● Some easy online games to play with agile teams

Here's some background on our amazing guest speaker for this session:

Paul is the founder of Agilify, has been an active Certified Scrum Trainer since 2006, and also became only the fourth UK-based Certified Enterprise Coach in 2011.From developer to ScrumMaster, and from ScrumMaster to Agile Coach he has been working with agile development teams since 2000.

Paul’s book “Improv-ing Agile Teams: Using Constraints To Unlock Creativity” brings together two of his passions; coaching agile teams and improvisational theatre. The principles and practices are so closely linked, he uses them every day of his working and personal life. A regular speaker at agile conferences worldwide, Paul is also a long-standing member and contributor to the agile community.