--- title: We Changed the Tool. Not Yet the Way We Work. | daily.dev description: Drawing a parallel between the origins of Scrum (born from a 1986 manufacturing study, not software) and today's AI adoption, the author argues that most... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/we-changed-the-tool-not-yet-the-way-we-work--tngcv7myc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: We Changed the Tool. Not Yet the Way We Work. | daily.dev og:description: Drawing a parallel between the origins of Scrum (born from a 1986 manufacturing study, not software) and today's AI adoption, the author argues that most... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/we-changed-the-tool-not-yet-the-way-we-work--tngcv7myc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tNGcV7Myc.png og:image:alt: We Changed the Tool. 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