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 one of big-A-Agile's most beloved organizational myths - the Spotify Model! We're doing invasive surgery to see what's inside beyond the over-hyped squads, tribes, chapters, and guilds that have been copied by companies the world over.

...but what if we found out that the inside was hollow?

What if we found out that the Spotify Model was never even live and tested by Spotify?

🔥 LISTEN OR WATCH AS WE DISCUSS

• Why Spotify Insiders call the model "aspirational and never fully implemented"
• Why the model had little or no relation to Spotify's success
• How survivorship bias tricks us into studying only "winners"
• The four critical failures of the Spotify Model

💡 DON'T WANT TO WAIT FOR TAKEAWAYS?

OK, no problem, but before adopting ANY organizational model, ask:
1. Is this documented practice or just aspiration?
2. Has the source company evolved past this model?
3. What's the original author's current position on its effectiveness?

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#Transformation #SpotifyModel

LINKS
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@arguingagile
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/362QvYORmtZRKAeTAE57v3
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/agile-podcast/id1568557596

INTRO MUSIC
Toronto Is My Beat
By Whitewolf (Source: https://ccmixter.org/files/whitewolf225/60181)
CC BY 4.0 DEED (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)