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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.

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S1E251 AA251 - AI Product Managers Are Just Product Managers

Mar 04, 2026 1h 8m Transcript

AI product manager jobs are everywhere - but are they really different from regular PM roles? In this episode of Arguing Agile, Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility…

S1E250 AA250 - CEOs Admit There's No AI ROI (But Keep Buying It Anyway)

Feb 25, 2026 1h 1m Transcript

AI had little to no impact on productivity in the past 3 years.This was according to a National Bureau of Economic Research survey released in February 2006 of 6,000 CEOs and executives across the…

S1E249 AA249 - Disagree & Commit: Corporate Gaslighting? (And What To Do About It)

Feb 18, 2026 1h 8m Transcript

Is Amazon's famous leadership principle being weaponized against you? Join Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Consultant Om Patel as we talk about how "disagree and commit"…

S1E248 AA248 - Expertise Overreach: Why Being Right ONCE Makes Leaders Think They're Right About EVERYTHING

Feb 11, 2026 46m Transcript

Your boss's biggest career win might be setting them up for their biggest failure. 🚨Listen or watch as hosts Brian Orlando and Om Patel tackle a phenomenon that's rampant in tech but rarely named:…

S1E247 AA247 - AI is a Poor Team-Player: Stanford's CooperBench Experiment

Feb 04, 2026 51m Transcript

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…

S1E246 AA246 - The Spotify Model: The Viral Org Design That NEVER Existed

Jan 28, 2026 54m Transcript

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…

S1E245 AA245 - Legacy Code: Why Big Rewrites Fail (And What Actually Works)

Jan 22, 2026 1h 3m Transcript

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…

S1E244 AA244 - Why Your Meetings SUCK (And How to Fix Them) | Patrick Lencioni: Death by Meeting

Jan 14, 2026 52m Transcript

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…

S1E243 AA243 - How Corporate Turns Good People Bad: The Neuroscience of Power Corruption

Jan 01, 2026 49m Transcript

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…

S1E242 AA242 - Move Fast & Break Things: The Dark Side of Silicon Valley's Favorite Mantra

Dec 24, 2025 47m Transcript

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…

S1E241 AA241 - Product Risk: How Assumptions Kill Your Product (and Your Company, Eventually)

Dec 17, 2025 53m Transcript

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…

S1E240 AA240 - Why Product Managers & Solution Architects Are Always at War (And How to Fix It)

Dec 10, 2025 1h 2m Transcript

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…

S1E239 AA239 - Why Your Company Never Learns from Lost Deals (And How to Fix It)

Nov 26, 2025 47m Transcript

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…

S1E238 AA238 - 23 Business Models Everyone Should Know, Part 2 of 2

Nov 19, 2025 1h 16m Transcript

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…

S1E237 AA237 - 23 Business Models Everyone Should Know, Part 1 of 2

Nov 13, 2025 1h 30m Transcript

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…

S1E236 AA236 - Why Product Managers Should Own Pricing (Not Sales or Execs)

Nov 05, 2025 56m Transcript

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…

S1E235 AA235 - Changing Your Message: Adaptive vs. Manipulative Communication

Oct 28, 2025 1h Transcript

When does adapting your communication style cross the line into manipulation? Join Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel as we examine the differences between…

S1E234 AA234 - When Teams Refuse Coaching, What Works, And When to Walk Away

Oct 22, 2025 1h 8m Transcript

What do you do when you're assigned to coach a team that clearly doesn't want your help? In this episode, we tackle the uncomfortable reality of coaching unwilling teams—from building trust with…

S1E233 AA233 - Building Your Own Product: Ultimate PM Hack or Career Sabotage?

Oct 15, 2025 1h Transcript

Building products for yourself sounds like the perfect PM training ground!At first glance, you get instant feedback, prioritize ruthlessly, and have no bureaucracy to whom you answer... but does it…

S1E232 AA232 - Product Sense: Innate or Learnable? The Million Dollar Question

Oct 08, 2025 1h 6m Transcript

Is product sense innate or learnable? We debate the million dollar question in product management.Brian and Om explore whether great product leaders are born or made, why organizations promote people…

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