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Arguing Agile: Product Management, Business Leadership, & Org Design
We're seeking to prepare you to better deal with real-life challenges to business agility by discussing the real arguments you will encounter as you progress through your career.
Arguing Agile is hosted by a Product Manager and a Business Coach who explore experience from their careers, share stories, and suggest advice to other professionals. We seek to do these things while maintaining an unbiased position from any financial interest.
Arguing Agile: Product Management, Business Leadership, & Org Design
Latest Episodes
Blaming People: It's Cheaper Than Fixing the System (Molly Graham's Waterline Model) | AA268
Most "people problems" are structural problems wearing a human face mask.Product Manager Brian and Enterprise Business Agility Leader Om dissect Molly Graham's Waterline Model! Listen or watch as we debate whether this framework is the ...
Your Mentor Can't Get You Promoted (And Never Could) | AA267
The best mentor you've ever had can't get you promoted. Not won't - can't.Product Manager Brian and Business Agility Coach Om draw a hard line between mentors and sponsors, showing why advice never reaches the room where pr...
Your Job Description Is A Lie (Who Actually Makes Decisions) | AA266
Your job description was written to get you hired, not help you know if a decision is your to make.That gap between what's on paper and who actually decides is where careers go to die. Experience & Process Improvement L...
Promote People Until They Break (And Other Really Bad Startup Advice) | AA265
A startup lecture recommended by Sam Altman calls people "ammunition" and tells you to work 80-hour weeks.Brian and Om dissect Keith Rabois' (in)famous "How to Operate" talk, exposing the dehumanizing logic behind "barrels and ammunition,"...
Manufactured Consensus: Now Only $4-7 Per Hour! | AA264
That thought leader you follow? A virtual assistant in Manila wrote those posts for $4-7 per hour.Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Leader Om Patel trace the industrialized pipeline behind LinkedIn's 'thought le...
