Background

• Reality always wins in the end,
  -- So get there sooner. --
• Pretending to know what we don't know
  -- gets in the way of learning --
  (and we can't get caught trying to learn it!)
• The world runs on trust.
  How do you get and maintain trust?
  -- Go back and read the first two. --

• Ask yourself, "How much trust have you seen between
  management and software development teams?"
  (This generally gets a huge negative reaction.)
• Why is that? I believe we have a history of self-deception.
• Management demands a plan and subordinates give them one
• Is there any reality to it?
  (This also gets a huge negative reaction.)
• We feel forced to represent speculation as planning
  and then we are measured against that speculation.