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Podcast: Agile Bites
Episode: Should You Start By Following “The Rules?”
Description: When Daniel was learning Karate in The Karate Kid, Mr. Miyagi had him start by doing tasks over and over without explanation so he could master the basics before actually using the martial art on his own. And this method of mastering a skill is something we see across many disciplines outside martial arts—sometimes it's even applied to learning agility.
But is following and mastering “the rules” before venturing off and making your own improvements the best way to start to increase your agility? We say no, because getting good at executing a framework is miss...