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Interesting quote from the founder of Wal-Mart - one of the lowest cost (and largest) but worst customer service retailers...

A fresh take on the Agile Manifesto by "new wave Agilist" Dan Greenberg... I am uncovering new philosophies of leadership, through experience, observation, and contemplation. Through functioning in a leadership role, I have come to value: Safety                            Over        Productivity Simplicity                       Over        Intelligence Doing What’s Right       Over        Fixing it Now Experimentation          Over        The Way We’ve Always Done It While there is value in the items on the right, I value the items on the left more. Metrics are for the team. Metrics should never leave the team. No one outside the team should ever look at a metric. Working software is the primary measure of progress. A release burnup + 25 cents buys you a 25-cent gumball from a gumball machine. Simplicity – the art of maximizing the amount of work not done – is essential. Code every feature as if no one is going to test it. Own everything you do. If

Emotional Intelligence is a key to being the best Agilist you can be, including self awareness of mood. The "Mood Elevator" is a great tool to help you "get to curious"...