Reaching the Tipping Point

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The success of any kind of social epidemic is heavily dependent on the involvement of people with a particular and rare set of social skills.

Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point

Changing the way of working—both the habits and the culture of a large development organization—is hard. Many enterprises report that implementing SAFe was one of the toughest, and at the same time, the most rewarding change initiatives that they had ever undertaken.

People naturally resist change, and you will often hear phrases like “That’s the way we’ve always done it around here” or “That won’t work here.” Accepting change means accepting ...

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