Brian has just posted his ideas and life with Agile Project Management. I miss working with Brian. I still have my WWBD (What Would Brian Do) hat that I wear every once in a while. Brian's words hit home with regard to some of the conversations I have seen going on internally. Sometimes the answer is to just leave things alone. I am reading between the lines here, but because of his experience, he has created a feedback loop that will help the whole team; they can ask for help when needed and get direction without getting hit by the big stick.
In my opinion this only works if the team is built with people that have the fundamentals. I have found that a lot of people are lacking in the agile fundamentals. If you don't have them, building a product agile is like playing football with the marching band. You might win the game (probably not), but it will be ugly and your players will probably never do it again. I have been trying to figure out what I believe are the fundamentals. I am not sure I have all of them figured out (I am working on a post of what I think they are), yet I know that an open mind, a drive for success, and someone wanting to ship great software is key.
Woman Lose Weight from the album "Charango" by Morcheeba