Scrum has its roots in Japanese thought and practice. When I travelled to Japan recently to meet with Professor Ikujiro Nonaka, he made it clear to me that in Japan Scrum isn’t seen as the latest work fad. They regard it as a way of doing, a way of being, a way of life. When I teach people how to do Scrum, I often talk about my own personal experience studying the Japanese martial art of aikido over the years.
