This is Johanna Rothman’s February 2026 Create an Adaptable Life Newsletter. The unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this email. Steve, a long-time colleague, described how he feels about his career: “I feel as if I’m balanced on a small ball and it won’t take much to push me off. One bad management decision—poof! […]
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Warning: This post is a discussion that includes politics and current events. I do not normally do this, but I can no longer be silent. What Does Your Tribe Mean to You? My dad described himself as a “proud conservative and a man of reason.” Those ideas described the tribes he affiliated with. That was
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This is Johanna Rothman’s October 2025 Create an Adaptable Life Newsletter. The unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this email. In How Can You Solve Problems When the Real Problems Are Cultural Changes? (Part 1), I suggested our various cultures affect how we recognize and solve our real problems. I suggested we watch for
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A couple of weeks ago, when I spoke at Agile Cambridge, I stayed at Churchill College, in Cambridge, UK. I have not stayed in a dorm room since I was an undergraduate, quite a while ago. These rooms are part of the B&B the college maintains for conferences, etc. They are nicer than the dorm
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