#GourmetGoHorse: When You’re Too Good to Be Agile
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A talk that questions the idea that agility requires admitting imperfection, asking what happens if a team is so skilled that it resists feedback, processes and measurement. It discusses Agile principles of humility and continuous improvement and explores tensions that arise when high-performing individuals or teams challenge those practices, drawing on experience in innovation, agile coaching and digital transformation.
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- 0:00Fun introduction
- 1:38Agile challenge at company
- 3:04What is Gourmet Go Horse
- 5:16Critique and satire of method
- 7:28Go Horse axioms
- 9:18Star tyranny and metrics
- 11:22Corporate agility and hegemony
- 13:48Origin of Go Horse
- 16:41Agile Manifesto and revolution
- 19:14Agile success and massification
- 21:44Massification problems
- 24:36Birth of Gourmet Go Horse
- 27:08Critique of corporate agility
- 29:38New scenario and hope
- 31:22Digital transformation and culture
- 33:05Change strategies
- 35:56Earning respect and trust
- 38:23Gradual implementation
- 41:12Practical retrospectives
- 44:19Future of agility
- 45:02Closing and thanks
- 45:22Q&A
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