Send in the Clowns
Learning to clown will make you a better Scrum Master. Ok that may or may not be true but I've just returned from a weird and wonderful 2 weeks of clown training* and I want to share some reflections on how that can help agilists everywhere with our work. First some clarifications - clowning is a dramatic art, they teach it in drama schools . Don't be fooled, clowning is serious work. I invite you to put asides the stereotypes (wigs, big shoes, flowers that squirt water, riding a tiny bike and fitting many clowns into a tiny car) and consider what a clown is in their essence. Clowning is broader than just circus clowning, it includes deep emotional practices and ritual . BREAK: (if you want more of this kind of thing, sign up to my Substack where I'll be publishing in the future) A clown take ordinary things and provides an extraordinary take on them. An everyday item is no longer what you think it is, it's a toy to be explored. Everything is the obj...