A culture is the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that both describes and shapes a group. The unique challenges of creating software have demanded totally new types of corporate culture. In response, we have created Agile, Scrum, and XP and many other cultural disciplines. These represent the birth of culture engineering and, although significant, are primitive compared to what will follow. Jim McCarthy introduces "culture hacking," a kind of cultural engineering that focuses on protecting personal freedom, extending openness, and embodying rationality. In the near future, a system made up of shared commitments and interpersonal protocols for hosting cultural innovations is likely to become available and standardized, leading to enormous personal and collective cultural and productivity gains. Happily, these gains will be based on culturally designed nobility of purpose, and a potent and virtuous cycle will continue to emerge, whereby profit derives from ennobled behavior. This cycle will lead to an era of widespread and abundant greatness - an era of unparalleled magnificence.

Agile mechanics are easy, but enduring transformation is hard. Learn the tools and process of Agile and applied cultural anthropology for a successful long-lived transformation that changes your group's microculture.

Imagine quickly organizing 1500 people to work on a massive project together. Imagine creating an art piece that's 100,000 square feet. Imagine doing it in three days and attempting to set a world record.

Chalkville was a massive scale art piece and world record attempt. This is the story of how we used Agile principles and practices to organize and execute our project over six months. Agile helped us form a team of inspired loving volunteers who would do anything for each other in pursuit of our goal. Does your team have that kind of vision and drive? Find out how we did it and what we learned.