Sitting between two Generals, briefing the results of experimenting with priorities for $60B+ of investments.

I see his Deputy streaking ahead in the briefing paper.

He interrupts.

I was first fired at a timber mill in the 1970s. “Nothing personal,” said Rhys the mill manager, “Last on, first off here.” Loyal to the WW2 diggers. Great blokes.

“Don’t worry,” Dad said. “He’s done you a favour. You just don’t know it yet.”

You hear ‘agile’. What do you think? New processes? Kanban, scrums, stand-up meetings? A big bank? Jargon?

I hear agile, I imagine a gymnast, a goalkeeper, or a boxer. A person, at once fluid in movement, ready in position, nimble afoot with reach, power and impact.