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How Do You Balance the Short Term and the Long Term?

By Johanna November 18, 2020 question of the week No Comments

Many of my colleagues and clients continue to focus on the short-term right now. They need to make money to keep their businesses afloat. I understand and empathize. And, they…

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How Can You Create Boundaries?

By Johanna April 23, 2020 question of the week 2 Comments

As I connect with various colleagues and friends who now work from home, they all say the same thing. “I’m always working. I work all day and all night. The…

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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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When Can You Optimize For Resilience Over Anything Else?

By Johanna January 8, 2020 question of the week No Comments

I’ve been working on my 2020 strategy and tactics. I think further out, but I don’t plan for more than one year at a time. And, I break that down…

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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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Can Short Feedback Loops Offer Data?

By Johanna April 3, 2019 question of the week No Comments

When faced with a possible change, we often want to see data that shows our transition is a good idea. Sometimes that data exists and sometimes it doesn’t. What data…

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How Do You Feel About Gender-Based Recognition?

By Johanna March 8, 2019 question of the week No Comments

I‘m writing this on International Women’s Day. I’ve received recognition and thanks from lovely people. I have thanked them. And yet, I have very mixed feelings about recognition based solely…

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Can You Trade Off for Ease?

By Johanna January 18, 2019 question of the week No Comments

I was thinking of how I make tradeoffs. In many projects, people often think we need to optimize for time and against quality. It’s a fake tradeoff, because the cleaner…

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How Much Grunt Work Do You Have?

By Johanna December 12, 2018 question of the week No Comments

I’ve been traveling a ton in the past couple of months. That means I get to meet all kinds of people—professionals in my field, hospitality people in hotels, taxi drivers,…

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How Can You Generate Options When You Feel Stuck?

By Johanna May 9, 2018 question of the week 7 Comments

Back in the comments for What’s the Difference Between Problem Whining and Problem Solving?, I mentioned we sometimes feel as if we have no choices, no good options. We need…

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johannarothmanJohanna Rothman@johannarothman·
26 Jan

Leadership Tip #2: Do the Right Thing, Even When it Feels Uncomfortable http://ow.ly/sTWY50DiQxr #leadership #mgmt #psychologicalsafety #integrity

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johannarothmanJohanna Rothman@johannarothman·
26 Jan

So glad you resonated with that. (It's all over the Modern Management Made Easy books.)

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‘If all managers said, “My job today is to create an environment where other people can do their best work” we would already start from a really good place.’ — @johannarothman #teamempowerment #psychologicalsafety
#agile #autonomy

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26 Jan

"Feedback Loops Help When to Centralize or Decentralize Product-Based Decisions" https://buff.ly/3sLMx1s @johannarothman

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