I had a nemesis who would steal all my ideas. So I bought all the XP books, dog eared them, left them on my desk. My team nearly mutinied. I asked them to wait

I had a nemesis who would steal all my ideas. So I bought all the XP books, dog eared them, left them on my desk. My team nearly mutinied. I asked them to wait and see. Two weeks later, nemesis announced his team was all in for XP, Agile, pair programming, etc. They never recovered, didn't make another release. I tossed my copies, unread.