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When I was in grade school, I was deeply suspicious of animal fables. I found it very unsettling to read about their barnyard bargaining—the shadowy back-and-forth between cats, dogs, swans, rats, and foxes. Why were they always negotiating?
“Will you sing me a song for a slice of cheese?” Or “could you give me a ride so I can cross the river?”
I remember wondering why our four-legged “friends” were always colluding in our absence.
But after many years, one of the old stories stuck with me. I'm reminded of it when I work with agile teams.
In the fable, there was a small village with a marauding cat harassing the local mice. The mice convened a meeting to solve the problem. They floated some good ideas in the meeting. ...
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