Staying Agile

The Agile Community will face  the problem of ensuring that the  "Agile methodology"  lives up to the very thing that defines it: The ability to be Agile and Adaptive as we navigate the changing world . 

Any emerging idea risks becoming rigid and moribund when practitioners enforce strict adherence to the definitions and ideology that are the scaffolding supporting  the ideas and concepts. You hear the danger signs  in expressions like  
“We are this so we cant be that…”. 
“We do it this way so we cant do it that way…” 

An Ideological approach to anything tends to blinker and prevent people from experimenting , testing , observing, listening , adapting and shaping the idea to fit and meet the changes we confront . 
To avoid this Agile should remain a lose set of guidelines based on a set of principles that are  adaptable to "local" project needs so it stays vibrant , relevant and evolves over time 
The key is that it should be "based on principles" and adaptable to local project needs 

The opposite of Agile is the silver bullet approach which by definition is a set of detailed prescriptions and actions that you are advised to follow. But this approach leaves zero room for local adaptation and does not encourage trial and error. It has no tolerance for mistakes and therefore  robs us of the ability to learn from errors.  

So for Agile to stay agile it needs to live up to its name