Arguing Agile
We're arguing about agile so that you don't have to!
We seek to prepare you to deal with real-life business agility challenges by demonstrating both sides of the real arguments you will encounter in your work and career.
Arguing Agile is hosted by seasoned professionals who explore experience from their careers, share stories, and suggest advice to other professionals. We do these things while maintaining an unbiased position from any financial interest.
Podcasting since 2021 • 247 episodes
Arguing Agile
Latest Episodes
AA247 - AI is a Poor Team-Player: Stanford's CooperBench Experiment
AI agents failed spectacularly at teamwork, performing ~50% worse than one solo agent!This week, we're discussing Stanford’s CooperBench study (a benchmark, testing whether AI agents can collaborate on real coding tasks across Python, T...
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Episode 247
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AA246 - The Spotify Model: The Viral Org Design That NEVER Existed
Spotify never used the Spotify Model - and neither should you. In this $2 billion episode, Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Consultant Om Patel take a cutting torch to one of big-A-Agile's most beloved ...
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Episode 246
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AA245 - Legacy Code: Why Big Rewrites Fail (And What Actually Works)
Legacy systems work. So why do companies waste millions rewriting them? In this episode of Arguing Agile, Product Manager Nisha Patel joins Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Consultant Om Patel for a deb...
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Episode 245
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AA244 - Why Your Meetings SUCK (And How to Fix Them) | Patrick Lencioni: Death by Meeting
Your meetings aren't boring because there are too many; they're boring because they lack drama, structure, and purpose!That's the claim made by Patrick Lencioni's book: Death by Meeting (2004)! Watch or listen as Product Manager Brian Orla...
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Episode 244
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AA243 - How Corporate Turns Good People Bad: The Neuroscience of Power Corruption
Does getting promoted literally rewire your brain to lose empathy? The science says YES. 🧠In this research-backed episode of Arguing Agile, Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Consultant Om Patel e...
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Episode 243
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