Episodes
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 Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Consultant Om Patel use this book...
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 examine the unsettling neuroscience behind why your favorite coworker turned into a c...
AA242 - Move Fast & Break Things: The Dark Side of Silicon Valley's Favorite Mantra
Is 'Move Fast & Break Things' just permission to be reckless? Join Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Consultant Om Patel as they examine Mark Zuckerberg's (in)famous mantra and reveal how it may have metastasized from breaking code to breaking laws, teams, and even contributin...
AA241 - Product Risk: How Assumptions Kill Your Product (and Your Company, Eventually)
Stop wasting time building the wrong thing faster! In this episode of Arguing Agile, Product Manager: Brian Orlando and Business Agility Coach to THE STARS: Om Patel respond to yet another listener question, discussing Product Risk Analysis in agile environments! Listen or watch as they challenge the common ...
AA240 - Why Product Managers & Solution Architects Are Always at War (And How to Fix It)
Is your solution architect a gatekeeper or an enabler? Join Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Consultant Om Patel as they draw from their experiences to debate the reasons these roles - which should be natural partners - often find themselves at odds. It's a no-holds-barred look i...
AA239 - Why Your Company Never Learns from Lost Deals (And How to Fix It)
Lost a $2M deal and nobody discussed why? You're not alone! Your company is running on hope, not learning. Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Consultant Om Patel are discussing the potentially career-limiting topic of asking "why does the organization systematically avoid learning ...
AA238 - 23 Business Models Everyone Should Know, Part 2 of 2
Discover how the world's most profitable companies actually make money, from Tesla to Amazon to ChatGPT. Join Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Consultant Om Patel as they continue to explore the 23 business models from Adrian Slywotzky's "The Art of Profitability." Part 2 continu...
AA237 - 23 Business Models Everyone Should Know, Part 1 of 2
12 proven business models that separate successful products from failures! Product Manager Brian Orlando & Enterprise Business Agility Consultant Om Patel examine 12 real-world business models with real examples of the companies that employ them! Based on "The Art of Profitability" by Adrian Slywotzky (2...
AA236 - Why Product Managers Should Own Pricing (Not Sales or Execs)
Debating why pricing belongs in product management's hands, not sales or finance. Product Manager Brian and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om are rankling egos as they discuss a heated debates: who should own pricing decisions? Listen or watch as they argue that pricing is product strategy, not a sales ta...