Ironically Martin fowler was among the wave of influencers that were trying to get away from complexity of enterprise software. remember EJBs lol.

That wave included

1. TDD by beck 2. spring framework 3. rails ( later ) 4. Agile manifesto 5. refactoring by fowler 6. gang of four design patterns

That said. Thoughtworks is a moneygrab that tried to cash in on fowler brand. I worked with them at sears ( worked closely with author of article) and siemens. they were no different from any other consulting firms that try to overcomplicate things so they can deploy more warm bodies to the project.