Arguing Agile: Product Management, Business Leadership, & Org Design
by Brian Orlando · 274 episodes
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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.
Latest episodes
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33 min
Even Anthropic Still Needs PMs: Lenny’s Summit 2026 Review | AA274
Silicon Valley’s top product leaders rediscovered strategy, and we're here to give you the notes.Product Manager Brian Orlando watched all 11 Lenny & Friends Summit 2026 talks so y…
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1 h 10
I Left My Job and 99% of My Network Ghosted Me | AA273
Every coworker said 'call me anytime.' Then I left the job and 99% of them vanished.Brian opens with the story of a paid coach who went silent the moment the invoices stopped, and…
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50 min
Forced Ranking: The Bell Curve Was Installed, Not Discovered | AA272
Your work's forced ranking bell curve wasn't discovered in experiments with people. It was installed via fiat. ...and forced ranking pays people to hide bad news.Product Manager Br…
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49 min
The Last Roadmap: Roadmaps ARE Dead... but You Never Really Had One. | AA271
Someone just told you AI made roadmaps obsolete... and they're about to sell you the replacement!Product Manager Brian and Enterprise Business Agility Leader Om put "the Last Roadm…
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41 min
Good at an Unfunded Job? Now You're Doing It Forever | AA270
Your company cut the Scrum Master role and called it self-organization. Fantastic... Where did the coordination work go? We'll bet it landed on someone who doesn't get paid to do i…
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45 min
If You're Asking When to Kill a Feature, You Already Lost | AA269
If you're asking when to kill a feature, you already lost.Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Leader Om Patel break down why the "should we kill this feat…
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58 min
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! Lis…
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52 min
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…
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1 h 06
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…
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57 min
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, expos…
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43 min
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 trac…
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47 min
AA263 - "Nothing" Is The Most Expensive Word In Your Career
Your boss asks what you need. You blank and say "nothing." You just turned down free money.Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Leader Om Patel discuss and…
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1 h 05
AA262 - HBR Says Consensus Is Dead (And Proved It With Consensus)
A PE bankruptcy specialist and BCG partner walk into a bar...Just kidding, they walked into HBR... and they're trying to sell you a framework!Product Manager Brian Orlando and Ente…
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57 min
AA261 - The Business Was Dying While Every Dashboard Was Green
The damage from your Q1 goal doesn't show up until Q3, on someone else's dashboard, after the person who flagged it got fired.Part 2 of the Outcome Trap series. Brian and Om argue…
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54 min
AA260 - How Outcome-Based Goals Become a Permission Slip for Evil
The thing everyone agrees is the right way to work has quietly produced some of the worst corporate ethics violations in modern history.Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise…
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51 min
AA259 - The Memo IS the Strategy (And How You MIGHT Be Running It Too)
Six companies, seven days, same playbook. Welcome to the modern age where the excuses are interchangeable, the points don't matter, and ALL the strategies are not-so-secretly the s…
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1 h 04
AA258 - AI Is Supercharging the Feature Factory (New 2026 Report)
Is AI actually helping us escape the build trap, or just helping us build the wrong things faster?In this episode of Arguing Agile, hosts Brian Orlando and Om Patel discuss the new…
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1 h 10
AA257 - State of Agile Report 2026: Is the Industry a 'Market for Lemons'?
Is the State of Agile Report a clear-eyed snapshot of the industry - or a sales brochure? In this episode of Arguing Agile, hosts Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Busin…
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57 min
AA256 - The AI PM Competency Trap: Why AI Tools Won't Save Your Product Career
Every PM is scrambling to learn AI tools - but is that a trap? In this episode of Arguing Agile, hosts Brian Orlando and Om Patel summarize Shreyas Doshi's provocative article "Why…
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1 h 01
AA255 - What is Business Agility? The 5 Core Capabilities to Master
Stop burning time and money on agile theater! In this podcast, Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Consultant Om Patel strip business agility back to its…