I went to the Agile Warrior Series (Jan31, 2018) to visit with about 200+ Warriors in Dallas, TX. And as the lunch time entertainment I brought some tangram puzzles and we practiced our collaboration skills while eating. It was a great conference, with Uncle Bob Martin, Clean Coder Blog delivering a wonderful morning address. And Luke Hohmann, of Conteneo, & Innovation Games, describing his view of the future of the Agile movement into "frameworks" of collaboration.

Also there I saw a MVP of the Scrum Game by Tim & Derek. This is a great example of the creativity in the Agile community and the deep desire to share knowledge and experiences.

Presented at AgileGames2016 conference in Boston, April 28, 29th.

But not Agile2016 - so you can only see it in the Microsoft NERD center MIT.

I presented this workshop at Agile Camp - Dallas, Oct 19th.

DFW Scrum Meeting Aug. 18th 2015

It’s said that two heads are better than one, in reference to problem solving. We will use Tangram puzzles to simulate this experience, and via structured debriefs of these exercises, discover the powerful behaviors of awesome collaboration, and the negative warning signs of poor collaboration. We will jump right into simulation exercises, come prepared to have FUN and learn by doing.

No lecture - if you want a lecture… go here: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=+collaboration+pair+programming+lectures

Here are some of the resources and exercise if you wish to reproduce this workshop or want to dig further into the science behind collaboration.

Presentation Cultivation Collaboration (PDF) *UDATED 5/8/16* Spoiler Alert - don't look at the solutions!

References on collaboration (PDF)

Jim Tamm's TED TALK on defensiveness (PDF)

See Also:

If Your Team Agrees on Everything, Working Together Is Pointless by Liane Davey - HBR

How to Save a Meeting that's gotten Tense - HBR

Looking for Tangram puzzles: https://www.thinkfun.com/products/shape-by-shape/