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Daily Archives: 2016-03-30

We Were Born Agile

2016-03-30 jer_ 1 Comment

No child learned to ride a bike by reading books about it, nor by rigorously documenting all of the steps that will be required in order to do it, planning those steps, then executing those steps. Children learn to ride a bike by experimentation and incremental improvement; they learn by taking minor risks fearlessly until they pay off. Continue reading We Were Born Agile →

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