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What Can You Learn from the Experience?

By Johanna September 11, 2019 question of the week 1 Comment

Jerry Weinberg used to say something like this. This is what I remember. I don’t know if this is the actual quote: “You paid the tuition for the experience. The…

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What Does Your Anger Reflect?

By Johanna February 4, 2016 question of the week 6 Comments

I had a great day yesterday. I had some meetings that went well. I heard from the guy I’d asked to write the foreword to Agile and Lean Program Management.…

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How Do You Flex?

By Johanna December 28, 2015 newsletter No Comments

Create an Adaptable Life Vol 4 # 3: How Do You Flex? November 2, 2015 How Do You Flex? There’s a discussion on LinkedIn about an agile team with a…

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I Can Hear You Now

By Johanna March 14, 2013 choices 17 Comments

I’m deaf in my right ear. It’s aggravating, because I speak at conferences, and I have lunches and dinners at round tables. Can I hear the person on my right?…

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Singles-Sided Deafness Makes Dancing Work

By Johanna May 10, 2011 life No Comments

Mark and I take ballroom dancing lessons. As with many couples who’ve been taking lessons for years, we are working on different problems in our dancing. We have different strengths,…

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Travel Humor

By Johanna April 26, 2011 sense of humor No Comments

Incident #1. I travel a lot. TSA loves to see how my vertigo is doing. At least, I think that’s what they are doing, because they ask me to go…

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“Why Did It Take You So Long?”

By Johanna March 16, 2011 life, see reality 7 Comments

I promised a few posts ago I would answer the question, “Why did it take you so long” when Daniel asked me about using a cane. You see the same…

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Another Socially Awkward Moment: Help Please

By Johanna March 14, 2011 adaptable, ask for help 14 Comments

Being deaf in my right ear makes for some socially awkward moments. They often occur on airplanes, especially if I’m sitting on the left side of the airplane. Planes, even…

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All Elevators Arrive on the Left

By Johanna February 15, 2011 see reality 1 Comment

When I first was coping with my sudden hearing loss, I had a number of conferences. I thought I was coping really well. I was trying to take care of…

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One-Sided Deafness Can Be Helpful

By Johanna January 5, 2011 see reality No Comments

Ordinarily, I would not say that being deaf at all is useful. But there is one time when it is very helpful—when my husband is snoring :-) My husband is…

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johannarothmanJohanna Rothman@johannarothman·
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Had a blast with @mscottford, discussing alternatives and remote work (among other things!)

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Behind on the #legacycode rocks podcast but I really enjoyed this episode with @johannarothman https://open.spotify.com/episode/4esNStB0qR8LozIDKS0VEw?si=kdY6l8jWTISQaupq4bIoVg

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Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

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3 Ways to Create Resilience in Your Agile Project, by Johanna Rothman @johannarothman https://www.projectmanagement.com/articles/679646/3-Ways-to-Create-Resilience-in-Your-Agile-Project

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21 Jan

Sticking with the truth also reduces the cognitive load—there is no need to remember what you told whom:

"Leadership Tip #1: Always Tell the Truth, Even When You're Embarrassed" https://bit.ly/3c6GEGn @johannarothman

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