I like the #ScrumGuide. And to be honest - I do not 100% agree with everything, that's written in it. And - most important - I do not care, if people follow it. Now that's weird for a person, who delivers official trainings via Scrum Alliance you might think?! Well, let's talk.
First of all, the Scrum Guide is not the bible. Its authors have been editing it many times since its first publication. And they needed to make a lot of tradeoff decisions via the community. Not every Scrum professional always loves the current version of the guide.
That said, the Scrum Guide still is the opinion, the expression of experience of its 2 authors. But way more to that: Scrum is about developing an emergent process. The moment a team starts thinking about it, there will be its very local and individual instantiation.
Now what does that mean as a trainer for teaching. Well, first of all: don't take the word "trainer" too literally. As @jcoplien says (and I love this pointer): "Training is, what you do to dogs." What these trainings a really about, is deep thinking. Starting a thinking process.
Do you therefore need to stick to the guide as a trainer with Scrum Alliance? I'd say: no. What you should you able to do: make people understand background and meaning of Scrum. Aware of dealing with the guide themselves. Aware of developing their own process.
The essence of Scrum is not Scrum itself. It is the power of an empowered learning organization, capable of deep reflection and relentless action. Towards meaningful outcomes. All of this built upon meaningful work and joyful collaboration. Dreaming?! Yes, and it's worth it!
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