Agile biologyMEET YOUR HAPPY

CHEMICALS

Nagesh Sharma

How many of you believe that every

team has a right to laugh & be happy..

Lets explore a bit about

the brain basics

Talk to the right brain Limbic brain

Feelings like trust & loyaltyBehavior decision making

neocortexRational & analytic thinkingLanguagelogic

How to trigger BehaviorKey to engagement

Talking about a shared mission or dream ensure you are talking directly to the part of the brain that controls decision making, trust and loyalty. After that, the facts and figures are used to rationalize.

The shared value or dream already made us decide: I want to be part of this..–ADAPTED FROM "START WITH WHY", SIMON SINEK

"AS A SCRUMMASTER, I WANT MY TEAMS TO LAUGHAND ENJOY MORE, SO THE program WILL INCREASE ITS AGILITY”

"IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE AGILITY OF the program, AS A SCRUMMASTER, I WANT TO MAKE MY TEAMS LAUGH AND ENJOY MORE"

WHICH IS WHY WE SAY: START A PBI/USER STORY/REQUIREMENT WITH THE "IN ORDER TO” CLAUSE..

Pro tip

Trigger the hormones HAPPY CHEMICALS IN THE BRAIN

Massive multi-player

Thumb-wrestling

TOUCHING INCREASES OXYTOCIN LEVELS

LAUGHING AND EXERCISE RELEASES STRESS HORMONE/CREATES ENDORPHINELOOKING INTO EYES ENABLES FLOW OF MIRRORING NEURONES

Love…Calmness…reward…will power

DO A "TEAM COMMIT HUDDLE AT END OF SPRINT PLANNING"(TEAM AND PRODUCT OWNER TOUCHED HANDSPHYSICALLY FOR MORE THAN 5 SECONDSFUN, A LITTLE CRAZY, AWKWARD, RELEASEs STRESS)

DURING daily scrum, LOOK AT EACH OTHER AT BEGINNING OF daily scrum, PLAY A GUESSING GAME IN ONE WORD, TRY TO GUESS HOW PEOPLE FEEL.

Pro tip

Balanced systemSympathetic

systemParasympathetic System

No Shutdown: Lowers Urgency, decision making, focus , execution

Virtues: Learn, Innovate, Reflect

Used to Relax/Rest

Shuts Down: Reflection,

creativity, digestion, purpose

Virtues: Execute, Decide, Focus

Used for Fight/Flight response

Stimulate Releases of

cortisol- th

e stress

hormone

What do you think…

What creates work

pressure in scrum ?

TIMEBOXES ARE THE PRESSURESO how to deal with it?

• PLAYING IT SMART OVER WORKING IT HARD

EXAMPLE: “LOOK AT WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED, I AM PROUD OF THE TEAM” WILL DO BETTER FOR THE STRESS SYSTEM THAN “GREAT WORK, WELL DONE, KEEP UP THE HARD WORK”.

Pro tip

Playfulness for value creation

FOCUSSED

COMMITTED

VALUE ORIENTED

Playfulness helps Building the Team

Share the Vision & Journey

Celebrate Experiments

Touch & See Each Other

Laugh & Play Together

In your teams

thisYou try

can

Thanks & credits

My Journey line

SIMON SINEK: START WITH WHY & leaders eat lastCHARLES DUHIGG: POWER OF HABIT

Loretta graziano-Meet your happy chemicalsEelco Rustenburg

Photo credits-Unsplash.comANTONY ROBBINS: WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO

DAN PINK: DRIVE, WHAT MOTIVATES USJANE MCGONICAL : GAMES TO INCREASE YOUR LIFE