Agile over Lean

“That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.”
A number of reviewers suggested (in good faith) that I use “Lean” instead of “Agile” in the title of my book in order to improve its marketability. Apparently, Lean is in whereas Agile is jaded. However, the strong people-orientation credentials of Agile are core to the solutions I propose. I’d like to expand on this and some other reasons in this post which is also meant as a defense of Agile over...