 Good evening. Wow, that's a lot of energy for the evening. We need more energy now. I think everyone's kind of tired, at least I am. So, you can't hear me. All right. That's a challenge. They can't hear me at the back. Is those speakers connected? All right. Can you guys hear me now? No. I think those speakers are maybe not connected. All right. If you can't hear me now, then you can come in the forward, in the front, right? So, this is the first time we are trying this format. It's IMA Ask Me Anything format. How many people have participated in something like this on Reddit? Because that's where it became originally popular. People would ask, people would go up on Reddit and post saying, I am such and such person. Ask me anything you like. And some very interesting conversations, very interesting insights from people. Like, I've attempted suicide seven times. Ask me anything, right? It was interesting to see how something like that could take off. So, we said, you know, why not try and give that an agile spin, right? To try and bring in some of our speakers and some of the people who helped us put this conference together and, you know, put them in front of you so that you guys can ask whatever you feel like to these guys expecting an honest and unfiltered answer. How many people are up for it? Very few people. Why are you here, otherwise? All right. So, without wasting too much time, I would like to call Jeff Patton. He's the first bakra. I like to be first because, look, I will be the best so far. It can only get better from here. I'm Jeff Patton. I'm known for story mapping and I spent a lot of time telling people they worry way too much about the way they write stories. Writing stories isn't the point. I'm going to stop there. Ask me anything. What would be the next technology or name? Say it again. What would be the next? You had a giant comment in the picture. You had different things. What would you name the next phase if it comes? What's the next thing after Agile? First, it's about time for Agile to be retired. Now that everybody's getting on board, I'm looking for the next thing. Oddly, the next thing looks like it's lean startup thinking and design thinking, and I'm already tired of that already too. The next thing is for us to put words around how difficult it is for us to predict whether the stuff we're building is worth building at all and lots of practice and thinking around that. And I think there's not a word for the next thing yet, and I'm waiting for it. Say it again. Why do we need stories at all? I spend a lot of time reminding people that stories get their name not from what we're supposed to write, but from how we're supposed to use them. Ken Beck referred to stories originally as an alternative way to work, not an alternative way to write, that instead of communicating what we want built with a document, write anything down you want, but get together and tell me your story. We need stories because we need to start talking with each other, and then I'll make another point, it isn't just talking, it isn't just words, it's words and pictures and diagrams and sticky notes and things we do to make a point. We need stories because we really suck at communicating with writing alone. That's the short answer. And we don't need written stories, we need people to actually work differently, to actually tell stories.