Agile mindset: transform your product journey and life | Joshua Kerievsky

Joshua Kerievsky is the CEO of the agile consultancy Industrial Logic. For decades, he has been helping companies like Google, Ford, and other Fortune 500 firms build better products and lead more fulfilling lives.

To share these insights with a broader audience, he wrote The Joy of Agility, a book recommended by Marty Cagan to all product professionals and beyond. Its mission is to challenge the common perception that Agile is just a set of rules or a product management methodology. In reality, Agile is more than that – it helps us adapt gracefully to a fast-changing world.

In this episode:

00:00 Coming up
01:45 What is Agile today?
04:42 Why only 2% of employees think their orgs are agile?
05:42 The C-level agility gap
06:53 Assessing your organization's agility
09:08 Mastering agile in the discovery phase
11:15 Startup hustle vs. Enterprise stagnation
11:57 Market share vs. Product excellence: What's more important?
13:56 Being quick without rushing
15:00 When to push and when to recharge
18:09 Spreading agility in teams
19:08 The code quality crisis in AI-generated software
20:54 The acceleration of development
22:57 Quality learning in software development
25:57 Overcoming team resistance to change
26:56 Why software success is fragile
29:11 Understanding the financial climate before driving change
30:58 Rapid round

📚 During this discussion, Joshua and Yuriy mentioned:

– The Hard Things About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
– Selling the Invisible by Harry Beckwith

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[cieden]

Hi there! Our team read The Joy of Agility and discussed it in our company book club. For some of us, this book helped prevent burnout and brought more meaning to our work, especially on long-term projects that require dedication. We believe this book — and this episode — can help others find more joy in their jobs too. But that can only happen if you share this episode with your colleagues and friends. Thank you for supporting this mission!

P.S. We’re incredibly grateful to Joshua Kerievsky for joining us and sharing his insights in this conversation.

[yuriymykhasyak]

Thanks, , Joshua for the great chat. I've ordered the book you recommended ).