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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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Do You Choose to Mistake-Proof or Future-Proof?

By Johanna October 23, 2019 question of the week 1 Comment

A client trying to use an agile approach said, “I want to future-proof my organization. I want the assurance we will be here for years and years.” I asked him…

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How Many Options Can You Hold at One Time?

By Johanna October 3, 2019 question of the week 3 Comments

The more I learn about adaptability, the more I realize I need to generate several options. The options help me select a new response to the altered situation. And, every…

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How Can You Make it Easy?

By Johanna September 4, 2019 question of the week 1 Comment

We do favors for each other all the time. Those favors don’t have to be reciprocal. If I do a favor for you, I’m pretty sure I can ask for…

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When Do You Choose the Safe Path?

By Johanna August 29, 2019 question of the week No Comments

Early in my career, IBM dominated the computer landscape. They had the big mainframes. There were some alternatives, such as Xerox. I used a Xerox Sigma 6 in school. (I…

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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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Does Your Current Success Define Your Choices?

By Johanna May 15, 2019 question of the week 4 Comments

One of my clients had been quite successful in a particular role. She’d decided it was time to look for a new job doing the same thing. She wanted my…

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When Do You Choose Yourself?

By Johanna April 18, 2019 question of the week 3 Comments

Universities choose high school seniors in a crazy game of selection. Publishers choose a select few books to publish. I’m shepherding chosen experience reports for the big agile conference in…

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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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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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