“Going #agile”
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I was on a plane recently, and ended up sitting next to a CEO of a medium-sized company. He was deep in the email-responding zone for most of the flight, but finally took a break to have a drink. He was obviously a seasoned leader; I immediately had that “this person can build alignment and inspire people” vibe. We chatted, mentioned “what we did”, and quickly the conversation turned to “product” and “Agile”.What I was immediately struck by was how many pieces were missing in terms of his understanding of modern product development. Again, we are talking a very smart, passionate, and grounded executive here, who is extremely dedicated to the success of his team/company.His first area of confusion was, unsuprisingly, Agile. Apparently they had “gone Agile” (using a consulting firm), and by (...)