Agile Coach Camp, June 17–19, 2016, in Rückersbach

We spent three wonderful days with many other agile coaches and ScrumMasters, with whom we had fascinating discussions about transparency, nonviolence, agility, and more, and participated in fabulous OpenSpace sessions on topics such as:

• Systemic Consensus: A decision-making method with the highest level of group acceptance 
• Impostor Syndrome: How do I deal with the voice in my head that always says, “You can’t do that anyway”? — Here, we discovered the power of autosuggestion.  But also: Take care of yourself, because if you’re not doing well yourself, it’s hard to help others.
• Master Yourself – If I want to make a change, I have to start with myself
• Energizers and Agile 101 training sessions: Agile games
• Invitation-based leadership: Invitation instead of instruction, permission instead of restriction—both require everyone involved to learn how to expand that space of permission within their own minds as well.
• Peer Group Feedback: How do you ensure that the important issues are actually addressed here?

And much, much more. A veritable flood of content. 

Once our heads were full and spinning, we took part in sessions to relax: belly dancing, salsa, yoga, various games, music... We had planned to step back every now and then to better process what we’d learned and find some peace—after all, it was the weekend—but the energy was like a wave: it engulfed us, simply swept us along, and carried us into the whirlpool of learning, fun, inspiration, exchange, and community.