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Michael Hannan's avatar

"Agility is a necessary aspect in turbulent environments." Well, except if you think of a big ship able to navigate through turbulent waters. In that case, it's size and stability, more than agility, that enables it to handle the turbulence. Indeed, more pivoting in such an environment can be destabilizing.

Jurgen Appelo's avatar

True. The metaphor breaks down there. But replace “turbulent” with “fast-changing” and suddenly you notice that your big ship has a lot of trouble frequently changing course.

Neural Foundry's avatar

The cockroach business metaphor is unexpectedly perfect. It captures something agile frameworks totally miss: knowig when not to respond. I've been seeing companies chase every new AI tool and burning out teams in the process. That line about short-term gains masking long-term losses is spot on when you think about replacing junior talent with LLMs.

Jurgen Appelo's avatar

Agreed. I love the metaphor, even though it’s a bit cringe. But that’s all the more reason to use it. It’s not hip or fashionable. It’s survival.