Much like the DOTCOM boom when everyone declared themselves a programmer, once David Norton (Gartner Research) declared agile mainstream on August 26, 2009, you can’t throw a stone without hitting someone who claims to be an Agilista. From the proliferation of “agile” frameworks and certifications to everyone who decided to hang out a shingle as a coach, it can be hard to remember the essence of being agile. In this talk, I remove the fluff and hyperbole and get down to the roots of what it means to be agile.