An Exercise in Flow: The Dice Game

by Lindsay Hicks, 14 February 2012 | The Agile Blogosphere

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We do a lot of training here at LitheSpeed, and our exercises are consistently among the most popular parts of our courses. We’ve had many requests over the years from participants, coaches and other trainers to use some of these exercises when instructing teams, and since we’ve garnered many of them from the community ourselves, we tend to readily accede.

Here is one simple but powerful exercise that can be used to demonstrate several aspects of flow, value and teamwork: The Dice Game.

Materials: Obtain 10-15 multisided dice per group of 5-7 people. Transparent dice and ones with un-inked numbers can help make the exercise more challenging (and realistic). You can get these at any store that specializes in board games.

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