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Reminds me of a consulting story. I was sitting down with a team getting started on Agile/Lean, and I was trying to lighten things up. "Well, the first thing
by DanielBMarkham 14y ago
Reminds me of a consulting story.
I was sitting down with a team getting started on Agile/Lean, and I was trying to lighten things up.
"Well, the first thing to do is pick somebody to blame when it all goes south," I paused for effect, "and that's usually me, the consultant."
It was dead silent. Everyone in the room was looking at me seriously.
Tough crowd.
- roguecoder 14y agoI had a new PM come in and give a similar speech. "If we fail spectacularly, it is going to be my job. But if we just fail, it is also going to be my job. More importantly, in neither case is it going to be your job. So now is the time when you can do spectacular things in utter safety; I'm asking you to take this opportunity and run with it!"