You like me, you really like me!

LYSSA ADKINSOCTOBER 17, 2008

The comments on my first-ever article published in the Agile Journal have me feeling like Sally Field at the Academy Awards when she gushed, “You like me, you really like me!” I am so gratified that my words are useful and thought-provoking. The comments on the article make it clear that this is, happily, the case. When I looked up the Sally Field quote, I learned that it has oft been misquoted. The actual quote is: “…I can’t deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!” That one is even better for how I feel. Right now my words are useful, maybe provocative, maybe who knows what for you, but the bottom line is – right now – you like me. I am well aware that this will not always be the case and I am prepared (as best as one can be) for the day when the comments will not be glowing. I do not shy away from that day. I can only write what comes from my experience and my heart and let it be what it will be. Yet, I still hope that you will like me for a long time to come.

About the Author: lyssaadkins

I believe that Agile is a brilliant, emergent response to help us thrive in our ever-increasingly complex, changeable and interconnected world. My current focus is coaching Leadership Teams to take up the Agile transformation that is theirs to do -- on both a personal and group level. For many years I have been a passionate contributor to the discipline and profession of Agile Coaching and have trained many thousands of agilists in the knowledge, skills, and mindsets needed to coach teams and organizations to get full benefits of Agile. In 2010, I authored Coaching Agile Teams which has sold 75,000+ and been translated into 10 languages.