Eric Jansen of Thoughtworks sent this photo of me in full flight evangelising Agile and Lean software development at October's Agile 2009 conference in Sydney, Australia.
The slide is one of my favourites - and comes with a quote from Pat Barker's Regeneration Trilogy where the war psychologist treating a variety of soldiers with new psychological therapies reflects on how change is a messy process:
"Rivers knew only too well how often the early stages of change or cure may mimic deterioration. Cut a chrysalis open, and you will find a rotting caterpillar. What you will never find is that mythical creature, half caterpillar, half butterfly, a fit emblem of the human soul, for those whose cast of mind leads them to seek such emblems. No, the process of transformation consists almost entirely of decay."
Don't expect your change to agile to be elegant!
The conference was excellent, with a range of speakers including Jeff Smith, the CIO of Suncorp and Dave Thomas from Bedarra - both of whom you can see on video on the conference site.
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