Once again, I don't think it's mutual self-deception. People see that agile principles work. Some don't understand how it applies to their job. Some, quite frankly, view agile as a bunch of new age, feel-good crap. In a big organization, life is about compromises. That can look like self-deception, but it's not.
I'm not a big corporate guy, even though I work with them, so I understand the freedom of getting out. When I'm in startup mode I'm about a hundred times more happy and productive than working in a large group.
But corporations still exist, and people still need to work in them. Some people want the imagined security that things will not change -- that they can punch a clock every day and work at the same place for 30 years.
Now you and I know that stability is an illusion, but it's one that people cling to.
I'm not a big corporate guy, even though I work with them, so I understand the freedom of getting out. When I'm in startup mode I'm about a hundred times more happy and productive than working in a large group.
But corporations still exist, and people still need to work in them. Some people want the imagined security that things will not change -- that they can punch a clock every day and work at the same place for 30 years.
Now you and I know that stability is an illusion, but it's one that people cling to.