AA143 - How Ego Kills Team Empowerment and Products

Is ego the silent assassin in your team's success story? Tag a friend who needs to hear this conversation!

In this blistering episode of the Arguing Agile Podcast, Enterprise Agility Coach Om Patel and Product Manager Brian Orlando crack open the Pandora's box of ego in the workplace and its devastating impact on team dynamics, product development, and overall success.

A big thank you to Jeff Gothelf whose recent article titled: "Ego Killed the Empowered Product Team" served as the inspiration and backdrop for this episode.

Read the Article:
https://jeffgothelf.com/blog/ego-killed-the-empowered-product-team/

0:00 Topic: Ego Killed the Empowered Product Team
0:15 Ego and Experience
2:09 Start with Why
5:22 Reading the Intro
6:13 Humility: The Oxygen for Empowerment
7:46 Ego as a Glass Ceiling
11:59 Challenging Ideas
15:03 Ego in Strategy and Sales
17:09 Collaborative Strategy and Vision
21:50 Ego, but also Bad Systems
24:53 The Tony Roberts Band
27:03 Soften the Executive Ego
29:04 Process Change: Product Impact
32:21 Learning from Evidence
34:52 Finishing the Article
35:46 The Unmovable Object
39:05 Customer Involvement
40:53 Think About YOUR Ego
43:08 Wrap-Up

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