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Alistair Cockburn, PhD organized the historic meeting in Snowbird, Utah, in which he and 16 other people from around the world wrote the Agile Manifesto. His two industry-changing books, Writing Effective Use Cases and Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game, have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. In addition to being a world-renowned expert on Agile, he is an authority in the field of software development, product management, project management and organizational development, and has authored four words of wisdom to help “rewild” Agile: Collaborate, Deliver, Reflect, Improve - known as the Heart of Agile.

Chapters found in this episode:

• What’s Behind Alistair’s Agile Orientation
• Consulting as Micro-Touch Therapy
• Agile 2003: What Should Have Been
• Agile and OODA Intent
• Keep It Simple
• Shu Ha Ri
• Demo-Do-Teach: A Western Version of Shu Ha Ri
• Mann Gulch: Implicit Guidance and Control
• Coaching Agile 
• Mr. Miyagi: The Ultimate Kokoro Teacher 
• The Importance of Play and Experiential Leaning 
• Reward Systems Drive Behaviors
• Collaboration
• Thoughts on the OODA loop

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Alistair Cockburn, PhD Bio
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Heart of Agile
Manifesto for Agile Software Development

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