It’s been 10 years since I published Building Successful Communities of practice…. To celebrate I’ve published a second edition. Currently at a special price to pre-order (UK only) hellotacit.com/building-suc...

My April 2026 Pragmatic Manager newsletter: How to Use One of the Most Valuable Management Tools: Active Listening www.jrothman.com/newsletter/2... Video: youtu.be/yz-ggLdkWUE #Leadership

This week’s question: How Can We Play to Win, Not Just Manage Possible Losses? createadaptablelife.com/2026/04/how-... #Value #Time

My Weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.11 Write to Fool Your Imposter Syndrome www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/04/... video: youtu.be/1Vms3Mj9UQA #Writing #Nonfiction

everyone's talking about their teams like they were at the peak of efficiency and bottlenecked by ability to produce code here's what things actually look like - your org rarely has good ideas. ideas being expensive to implement was actually helping 1/4

A Management Minute: Look for the Value Returned for the Money Invested www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/04/... #Planning

My April CAL newsletter: When and How Can We Choose Wonder Over Drowning in Chaos? createadaptablelife.com/2026/04/when... video: youtu.be/NC0VrzjNIVE #Optimism #Adaptability

My Weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.10 From the Preface www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/04/... video: youtu.be/1stPgoMmNRg #Writing #Nonfiction

How Value Stream Maps Prompt Us to Ask More Questions, Part 4 www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/04/... #Agile #Teams #Flow

How to Use Value Stream Maps to Reinforce Agility & Effectiveness, Part 3 (Collaborative Teams) www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/04/... #Agile #Teams #Collaboration

The more I use AI tools, the more I have to admit that I'm not that much more productive... I simply FEEL that much more productive. In reality, the context switching of kicking several things off wipes out my perceived productivity gains. At least in many/most cases!

My Weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.09 I Write Prototypes, not Drafts www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/04/... video: youtu.be/5bs8s-xbmhs #Writing #Nonfiction

How to Use Value Stream Maps to Reinforce Agility & Effectiveness, Part 2 (Cooperative Teams) www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/04/... #Agile #Teams #Planning

What New Thing (Data, Event, Emotion) Surprised You This Week? createadaptablelife.com/2026/04/what... #QuestionOfTheWeek #Change

How to Use Value Stream Maps to Reinforce Agility & Effectiveness, Part 1 www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/03/... #Teams #planning

If you wonder why Henry Ford introduced a 5-day, 40-hour workweek in 1926, while keeping a 6-day pay, it’s not because he was an altruist. He wanted better overall productivity. And, surprise, surprise, he got what he wanted. brodzinski.com/2025/08/ai-h...

My Weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.08 Practice is the Point www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/03/... video: youtu.be/FKzdnG0BcRw #WritingSecret #Books

How Can You See Your Adaptability and Resilience as You Make Decisions? createadaptablelife.com/2026/03/how-... #QuestionOfTheWeek #Choices #Decisions

My March 2026 Pragmatic Manager newsletter: How to Use Schedule Advances and Slack to Create New Opportunities www.jrothman.com/newsletter/2... video: youtu.be/N6AMG2FjUEI #Planning #Options

My March 2026 Create an Adaptable Life newsletter: createadaptablelife.com/2026/03/how-... createadaptablelife.com/2026/03/how-... video: youtu.be/MEiDyv48lqo #Problem-Solving #Change

How Good is Your Backlog? How to Assess Your Team's Thinking Skills, Part 3 www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/03/... #agile #Backlog #Planning

My Weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.06 Continual Planning Introduction Part 1 www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/03/... #Planning #Writing

How Good is Your Backlog? How to Shape the Work for Product Success, Part 2 www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/03/... #Planning #Agile #Backlog

My Weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.05 Planning Miracle Happens Here www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/03/... #Writing #Planning

How Can We Stop Waiting to Do What We Say Matters to Us? createadaptablelife.com/2026/03/how-... #QuestionOfTheWeek #Progress #Change

How Good is Your Backlog? Start with Ready Criteria, Part 1 www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/03/... #StartForSuccess #Deliver #Scrum

I just had to share this video with you all because it has almost 300k views on Instagram and almost 1000 comments from people who are VERY VERY MAD to learn about this. But seriously don’t let them dull your ✨sparkle✨

"All Eddie Logan had to do was take a step." That's the opening line of my novel, A SHADOW FULL OF STARS. Which, in case you somehow haven't heard me mention it already, I'm running a Kickstarter to help fund the book's publication. I hope you can check it out! kck.st/4rTZyne

How Will You Reinvent Yourself and Your Work So You Can Do What Matters? createadaptablelife.com/2026/02/how-... #QuestionOfTheWeek #Human

I finally found a terrific use for AI: read the (almost 3000) posts on my blog and help me find the one post I was looking for. It did! This is what I mean when AI can help us access patterns in our (relatively clean) data. *New* Insight? No. Access what we forgot/did not know we knew? Yes.

I understand why chatbot cheating happens but every time I read about it I want to gently remind everyone that the point of schoolwork is not for the submission to exist. Teachers are not just greedy for more essays or solved equations. The point is to do the work WITH YOUR OWN BRAIN, FOR LEARNING.

My February Pragmatic Manager newsletter: Leadership Tip 26: How to Use Critical Thinking to Make Work Better www.jrothman.com/newsletter/2... video: youtu.be/VPib2pYD8Lc #Thinking

How to Know the Difference Between Plans and Wishes for the Future www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/02/... #Plan

My February 2026 Create an Adaptable Life newsletter: Three Ways to Reduce Your Uncertainty by Reinforcing Your Human Value createadaptablelife.com/2026/02/thre... video: youtu.be/PC5W_ZrmDuY #Value #HumanFirst

Writing Secret 23: How to Ask for Useful Feedback on Short Writing www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/02/... #Writing #Feedback

Why #Writing Feels So Hard and Why AI Is Not the Answer www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/02/... #Practice #Learning #Change

The populace to the government every time there’s yet another new study saying that UBI works

My #Weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.04 More of the Carnival Short Story www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/01/... #Fiction

Product Value Teams: Collaborative Leadership for Faster Learning and Delivery, Part 6 www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/01/... #ProductLeadership #Agile #Collaboration

How Can We Make Sense of the World & Choose Something Useful Now? createadaptablelife.com/2026/01/how-... #QuestionOfTheWeek #Choices

Less Than 24 Hours Remaining for the Effective Public Speaking Kickstarter www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/01/... Back it now! #Speaking #Kickstarter #ProjectWeLove

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Public Speaking Myth Nine: I Have Nothing to Say www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/01/... You have just over a day to join my Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/johannarothman/effective-public-speaking?ref=9u6w59. Back it now! #Speaking #Kickstarter #ProjectWeLove

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Public Speaking Myth Eight: Speakers Should Copy Someone Else www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/01/... Just 4 days remaining in my Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/johannarothman/effective-public-speaking?ref=9u6w59. Back it now! #Speaking #Kickstarter #ProjectWeLove

Public Speaking Myth Seven: Stories Do Not Matter www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/01/... Just 5 days remaining in my Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/johannarothman/effective-public-speaking?ref=9u6w59. Back it now! #Speaking #Kickstarter #ProjectWeLove

My Pragmatic Manager January newsletter: Leadership Tip 25: How to Choose Autonomy to Avoid Malicious Compliance www.jrothman.com/newsletter/2... #Management #Leadership #Autonomy

Just 6 days remaining for my Effective Public Speaking Kickstarter. See the speaking myths here: www.jrothman.com/tag/speaking... and the Kickstarter here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/joh... #Speaking #Kickstarter #ProjectWeLove #Fiction