DopaMinecraft - how we learn from our errors to get what we want
About once a month I find myself down the Youtube rabbit hole of ‘motivation’ videos. They are normally long pieces stitched together with inspiring music and with audio excerpts from Rocky and sports films from the last 40 years. And as I walk around my room in my pants brushing my teeth bleary eyed at 2am from staying up watching Rick and Morty repeats I think ‘Yeah, I can do this thing’. Of course it doesn’t matter that I don't know what ‘this’ is or whether I want it or not, but I feel that energy coursing through my body. Motivation. Yes dear reader, today we will be talking about motivation, how Reward Prediction Error - one of the pathways for motivation and learning - works, and how we can start to think about applying this to our agile teams. To start with, what does it feel like to be you right now? What sensations are you experiencing in your body right now? I'd encourage you to close your eyes and spend a couple of breaths on that question. Now look up and look a...