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If the 2001 Agile Manifesto gang got together again in 2026, what might they value? Perhaps People Empowerment Improvement over Individuals and Interactions; Value Improvement over Working Product; Insight Improvement over Customer Collaboration; and Capability Improvement over Responding to Change. In a nutshell: work climate, learning, outcomes, and impact—over outputs, over activities and 'resources.' Whatever approach is taken, teams need to be bold like a salmon swimming upstream—acknowledging obstacles, staying mission-driven, committing fully. Doing more than the minimum to achieve the maximum. And knowing when to quit, because grit is overrated.