Despite being hyped in the Agile community because of Google discovering its importance, psychological safety alone is not enough. It is a necessary but not sufficient precondition for successful intelligent and high-performing teams. But what else is needed? This workshop will present additional research as well as tools used by psychologists that boost team intelligence and performance and explore the potential for their use in their teams. Participants will have the opportunity to try some tools and learn how to design their own.

Maximum number of participants: 30

Target Audience: Coaches, Scrum Masters
Prerequisites: English, basic knowledge of statistics
Level: Advanced

Extended Abstract
Despite being hyped in the Agile community because of Google discovering its importance, psychological safety alone is not enough. It is a necessary but not sufficient precondition for successful intelligent and high-performing teams. But what else is needed? This workshop will present additional research as well as tools used by psychologists that boost team intelligence and performance and explore the potential for their use in Scrum teams.

After attending this workshop, the attendee will

• have a basic understanding of the psychological concepts of team intelligence and performance
• go beyond the buzzwords to understand where and how psychological safety fits into these larger concept
• have working knowledge of a validated framework for designing exercises to increase team performance
• have hands-on experience with psychological tools and techniques that can be used to implement and support the exercises
• have a toolkit of techniques that they can immediately use to help their teams improve how they work together