Born Agile: Why Engineers Resist What Comes Naturally
summary
Argues engineers are born agile, tracing specific parallels: minimal MVPs (baby crawling → first race), iterative demos, and a real demo where a child earns a first medal. Calls out concrete tools and rituals—15‑minute standups, retrospectives, story points, Jira—and reframes agile coaches as mentors who set lightweight processes and psychological safety. Claims resistance comes from bad experiences and misconceptions (endless ceremonies, micromanagement) and recommends starting small, measuring feedback, and incrementally reducing technical debt.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 4:12Agile is not as scary as it seems
- 5:17Baby steps to skills
- 8:05Child’s journey mirrors agile
- 11:14New teams like babies
- 13:40Agile coaches as parents
- 15:26Engineers resist agile
- 17:31Agile mindset benefits
- 19:37Debunking agile myths
- 21:23Embrace agile like a child
- 23:08Q&A
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