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Freelance Agile enthusiast - I bring energy, creativity, and Agile expertise to help teams collaborate, deliver, and love the way they work

"Just draw it"! ✍️🎨 Last week, my colleague at Elia Group Sophie Kuypers and I were having a discussion about how to quickly understand a Product when joining a new team. As we both recently started our mission at Elia, we were having this challenge at the same time. 🫠 She gave me a great tip : "Ask them to draw it"! Great idea, Sophie! I took the opportunity a few days ago, when new member joined the same team. We planned some time for the team members to explain our Product to the new joiner, and I suggested this exercise. What I loved : - From doubtful expressions in the first seconds 🙄 to big smiles after a few minutes 😄 - Shows how everyone interprets the Product, the challenges, the outcomes... - Make it a group (2-3 ppl) exercise to make it a new opportunity to collaborate! - Helps in focusing on the most important, you don't deepdive into the details rabbithole - You get new decoration for your team's office space 😄 Here's to more great ideas! #eliagroupagilechapter

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Andrés E. Diaz Steger

4+ years as Product Owner | 15+ years in Sales | Salesforce Certified Administrator | Fluent in 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 | Conversational in 🇳🇱 🇮🇹

8mo

Totally like approach. I once tried to get an data diagram to understand a heavily SQL DB reliant .NET application. Took me over six months to understand where to get what. Maybe not a good idea to ask for it during an interview for a product role, as not every hiring manager will have this depth of understanding

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Sven Dill

Enterprise Agile Coach at Elia (Brussels) and 50Hertz (Berlin)

8mo

You can take it still a level higher and run a Product Box exercise combined with the drawing....I am using this Innovation game from Luke Hohmann for the same reason , develop a common understanding of the product and being able to "sell" the product to the stakeholders.

Sophie Kuypers

🌟 Je vous accompagne à y voir plus clair et oser aller vers le changement 🌟 Mieux-être dans le Je et le Nous pour retrouver sens et énergie 🌟 Facilitation | Coach holistique | Agilité

8mo

I asked it Yesterday to lead of my new team. It will be a first for him too ☺️

Olina Glindevi ✏️

Visual Communication Expert | Creative Leader | Change Catalyst

8mo

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