Doing Agile Your Way
Speaking of writing my upcoming book “Tech-led Culture” (which we were last week)- I find myself having to pull back quite a bit when it comes to tone.
A book is not a place to be indignant. Neither is this newsletter in a sense by virtue of how open and public it is. So I set up this private corner on Patreon instead and thank you to those of you who found it on Twitter and signed up. If you fancy seeing some of my exclusive hard-hitting member content be it opinions or rants you can find it here: patreon.com/user?u=83255576 . Some people asked me about mugs or T-shirts with some of my most infamous titles over the years - “Nobody gets fired for buying IBM. But they should” or “Agile by heart not by McKinsey PowerPoint” and I had to say I will get back to them about it when I’m clear if that’s ok to do.
I already know it won’t make me any more popular with those specific companies -and others that identify with them- than it did when it meant I had to part ways with Forbes when I refused to change the titles of these articles but I have to say I am as bedazzled about the outcry today as I was a few years back when they came out.
Is this genuinely controversial though? Is it really? “Nobody gets fired for buying IBM” is a business adagio so common I would be surprised if anyone never heard it before. It means nothing else other than
