7 Activities to Help Deal with Change and Uncertainty
In our Mind Settlers app, there is plenty of agile content, ready for teams to play with. I especially like the actionable ideas around change and uncertainty, since being agile requires being ready and willing to experience -and respond to- both change and uncertainty!
Here are some of the ideas in our platform. Click to view them online.*
*If you have the Mind Settlers Android app you can go much farther: collect or share ideas you like, create a track with one of the practices or guides below, and share your journey with the player community.
Critical Uncertainties — by Liberating Structures, Keith McCandless and Henri Lipmanowicz
This practice by Liberating Structures is excellent for setting strategy as a group. It focuses on building resilience within your team and prepares each member to be ready to take responsibility at times of uncertainty. It guides the team to set scenarios, identify potential rewards and traps, as well as clarify differing purposes.
8 Strategies on Leading in a Crisis — by Community Author, Lynne Cazaly
These strategies provide a checklist for leaders who want to be prepared when a crisis hits their company. It may be useful to share them with the full team and support them while preparing their strategies for being ready and calmer during uncertainty.
Fuzzy Goals — by Gamestorming, Dave Gray
The Fuzzy Goals game is a fun and engaging way of bringing your team together to come up with an “optimal level of fuzziness” when you need to set goals, but they cannot be set in stone. This approach allows you to keep the team on track toward a goal without narrowing their options.
Change Options Canvas — by Lean Change Management, Jason Little
How do you know the change tactics you’re executing are the right ones? Use this Change Options board to quickly prioritize and classify the types of activities to work on.
Deliberate Change — by Community Author, Peter Lee
Using an approach to deliberately target effective organizational change across the entire ecosystem can accelerate the pace of change, as well as ensure different areas are all able to shift the organization in the same direction. This practice guides you through a step-by-step process of how to do so.
Freedom: Draw Want-to vs. Have-to — by The Responsibility Process, Christopher Avery
This guide is an excellent tool to clarify what your team members believe they have to accomplish and move towards identifying what they actually want to complete in their work. It’s an empowering shift that increases Freedom.
Fluxx: The Change Game — by Agile Toybox, Emilia Breton-Lake
Fluxx is the card game with ever-changing rules that often leave the game teetering on the edge of chaos, which makes it the perfect fun analog for an agile project. How comfortable are team members when the rules change?
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