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🚨 Hartford Scrum Meetup Presents: Dark Agile🚨
Join us on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at 6:00 PM for a thought-provoking conversation on one of the most important, and uncomfortable realities facing Agile organizations today.

🎯 Dark Agile: How Organizations Maladapt, Misuse, and Misrepresent Agile

Agile was created to help teams learn, adapt, collaborate, and respond effectively to uncertainty.
Yet many organizations experience something very different:
⚠️ performative ceremonies
⚠️ metric obsession
⚠️ micromanagement
⚠️ reporting theater
⚠️ change fatigue

So what happened?

In this session, speaker John Miller explores the concept of Dark Agile — the patterns that emerge when learning systems slowly become control systems.
Using Scrum as a familiar reference point rather than a target, John will unpack how visibility, metrics, reporting structures, organizational incentives, and leadership assumptions can unintentionally distort the original purpose of Agile.

💡 Attendees will explore:
• Why Agile systems often drift toward theater and compliance
• How metrics and visibility can help or harm teams
• The difference between learning-oriented and control-oriented Agile environments
• How organizational assumptions shape Agile behavior
• Practical ways to move toward healthier, more adaptive systems

📅 Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2026
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM EST
💻 Location: https://meet.google.com/qtc-mcxp-dza

Whether you're a Scrum Master, Product Owner, Agile Coach, Engineering Leader, or simply navigating transformation inside your organization, this session will challenge assumptions and spark meaningful reflection.

We look forward to seeing you there! ✨

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