I find Cargo Cults really interesting, had read about them years back but was reminded last year when was working as part of an Agile team, and the fact that many of our practises were initially 'cargo cult' Agile, was pointed out to me.
Relevant from last week: <a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2011/09/02/clone-wars-rise-of-the-fast-follower-startups/" rel="nofollow">http://www.betabeat.com/2011/09/02/clone-wars-rise-of-the-fa...</a><p>“It’s this whole cargo cult thing, where people imitate the things you see on the surface. Foursquare does badges and they did them really well. And then all of a sudden everyone was like, ‘I want to add badges to my startup!’”