AA184 - Illusion of Control: Battling the Ubiquitous Need for Control

Arguing Agile

Are outdated management practices and hierarchical structures holding your organization back?
In this episode of the Arguing Agile podcast, Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel and Product Manager Brian Orlando take the untraveled path of analyzing why the need for control is so pervasive in corporate environments.
Listen to learn:

• How the illusion of control manifests
• How risk aversion stifles creativity and growth
• Better organizational structures than the autocratic heirarchy
• How the illusion of control permeates management
• The pitfalls of short-term thinking and "quarterly capitalism"
• How to reach beyond vanity metrics and measure what matters

Whether you're a product manager, agile coach, or business leader, this discussion will challenge your thinking on organizational structure and decision-making.
#AgileLeadership #ProductManagement #OrganizationalCulture #BusinessAgility
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1. Podcast Intro (00:00:00)

2. Intro: The People vs the Ivory Tower (00:00:11)

3. Ivory Tower - Economies of Scale (00:01:43)

4. Impact of Choices (00:03:39)

5. Ivory Tower - Standardization (00:05:40)

6. PMO Example (00:08:05)

7. Failures of Scaling (00:09:38)

8. Can't Measure It? Must Not Be Valuable! (00:10:54)

9. Ivory Tower - Centralized Specialization (00:13:34)

10. Om's Travel Agent Story (00:16:36)

11. When the Centralized Travel Model Fails (00:20:20)

12. The People - Business Goals (00:20:57)

13. Power Dynamics in the Ivory Tower (00:21:39)

14. Don't Play Games (00:24:03)

15. The People - Accountability, Not Blame (00:26:30)

16. The People - Teams Retaining Learnings (00:29:17)

17. The B-Squad (00:32:22)

18. Conway's Law and Organizational Structure (00:33:25)

19. Alternatives to the Ivory Tower (00:34:38)

20. Service Management and Metrics (00:36:43)

21. The Jury is Out (00:39:15)

22. Wrap-Up (00:39:48)