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Do We Bounce Back or Bounce Forward?

By Johanna June 10, 2020 question of the week 3 Comments

People keep talking about “bouncing back” from this pandemic. I wonder if bouncing “back” is the wrong metaphor. Back infers we will return to something similar to what we had…

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What Do You Need to be Ready?

By Johanna May 13, 2020 question of the week No Comments

We all practice being ready for our plans. For shopping, I make a list and decide in advance how I’ll pay. For travel, I plan when to make all the…

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How Do We Decide for Each Other?

By Johanna May 7, 2020 question of the week 2 Comments

We’re in a new—and uncomfortable phase—of the COVID-19 crisis. We’re balancing these different decisions: Our individual decisions to limit our exposure to others. (A personal decision.) Our society’s need for…

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Where Are You in Your Changes?

By Johanna March 18, 2020 question of the week 5 Comments

We’re all in the middle of substantial change. People moved from collocated to remote work overnight. Children are home, too. Your family is home for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Our…

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Which Risks Can You Manage?

By Johanna March 11, 2020 question of the week 1 Comment

The coronavirus is sweeping across the world. We have risks everywhere: to travel, to the economy, to our work, and in our communities. What can we do? We need to…

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Where Do You Want Friction in Your Life?

By Johanna January 22, 2020 question of the week No Comments

We often think of friction as bad. Friction prevents us from doing something we might want to accomplish. On my other blog, I write about frictionless releasing. We often want…

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Are You Too Busy to Continue Learning?

By Johanna November 6, 2019 question of the week 3 Comments

I’ve learned a ton about software projects. One thing I know is that any project that uses continuous integration (agile or not) has a better chance of succeeding. Not a…

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Is Happiness Your Goal?

By Johanna June 12, 2019 question of the week 2 Comments

Several of my clients have told me they want to help people be happy. They measure—well, they attempt to—each individual’s happiness. I have not found measuring happiness all that helpful.…

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How Do You Feel About Money?

By Johanna April 26, 2019 question of the week No Comments

Everyone has a relationship with money. We need money to buy things, such as food, clothing, and shelter. We want enough money so we can be happy. And, our relationships…

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When Do You Make Time to Think?

By Johanna February 21, 2019 question of the week 10 Comments

Everyone is crazy-busy. Too many of us multitask, listening to a book or podcast when we walk or drive, focusing and pushing through on specific work, making the “most” of…

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More Modern Management Conversation with Ian Gill on Agility by Nature http://ow.ly/Q8jj50DMVmn #mgmt #practicenottheory

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THIS MONTH! Join us as we welcome @johannarothman! She'll be giving a talk about creating better conversations as managers, titled "Create Excellent Leadership When You Manage Yourself".

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Look at these great writers!!

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Delighted to again have a story appear in Pulphouse magazine, this time guest-edited by @MarkLeslie."Role of a Lifetime" was a gift from the fiction gods,the core idea a product of a dinner conversation with total strangers at just the right time.Great writers,great issue!

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