A Message to Garcia

I was first exposed to Elbert Hubbard’s A Message to Garcia by one of my professors in high school. It seems a little dated and indignant, but the core message behind this essay reflects a fundamental bias for action rather than inaction. An 7-person Agile product development team made up of several people like Rowan will release more high-quality, innovative products than several hundred people in teams without the same ethos. I’d love to find a slightly less edgy essay that brings the same message, but until then…

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