I'm starting a new series on Conway's Law 🙈
Published: Beyond the Shades of Conway's Law
What started as merely note-taking in the form of "Shades of Conway's Law" evolved into a talk, with additional reading, research, and more connections.
This series represents an expansion of those ideas and a reflection on the journey.
This is work in progress 😅
https://thinkinglabs.io/articles/2026/04/24/beyond-the-shades-of-conways-law.html
Now on #Kickstarter and funded in an hour! The latest Noel Kringle Chronicles adventure: Something Kringle This Way Comes! Find it at
https://link.rebeccasenese.com/sktwc-ks2 #books #booklovers #contemporaryfantasy #mystery #contemporaryfantasybooks #mysterybooks #noelkringlechronicles
My April 2026 Pragmatic Manager newsletter: How to Use One of the Most Valuable Management Tools: Active Listening
https://www.jrothman.com/newsletter/2026/04/how-to-use-one-of-the-most-valuable-management-tools-active-listening/
Video: https://youtu.be/yz-ggLdkWUE
#Leadership
This week’s question: How Can We Play to Win, Not Just Manage Possible Losses?
https://createadaptablelife.com/2026/04/how-can-we-play-to-win-not-just-manage-possible-losses.html
#Value #Time
If you care about building the right thing *and* about building it right, I'm running out-of-hours workshops for self-funding learners in May.
Specification By Example - May 12 & 16
Test-Driven Development - May 19
My Weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.11 Write to Fool Your Imposter Syndrome
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/04/2026-11-write-to-fool-your-imposter-syndrome/
video: https://youtu.be/1Vms3Mj9UQA
#Writing #Nonfiction
The risk with removing parts of your delivery process that you think you don't need anymore because "AI can do it" - such as teasing out the mental model of how the system works from the heads of people who own the system - is that you get to discover, often way too late, what some of the purposes of that practice were and the benefits you didn't recognize you were getting.
Assumptions you don't know you're making. Unknown unknowns.
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@jjLitke I publish to release the stress cycle. Do I also have a ton of WIP (in the form of short stories)? Yes. Have I promised myself I will create collections and publish? Yes.
I separate the publishing from the marketing/promotion. That might work for you, too.
A Management Minute: Look for the Value Returned for the Money Invested
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/04/a-management-minute-look-for-the-value-returned-for-the-money-invested/
#Planning
My April CAL newsletter: When and How Can We Choose Wonder Over Drowning in Chaos?
https://createadaptablelife.com/2026/04/when-and-how-can-we-choose-wonder-over-drowning-in-chaos.html
video: https://youtu.be/NC0VrzjNIVE
#Optimism #Adaptability
My Weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.10 From the Preface
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/04/2026-10-from-the-preface/
video: https://youtu.be/1stPgoMmNRg
#Writing #Nonfiction
How Value Stream Maps Prompt Us to Ask More Questions, Part 4
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/04/how-value-stream-maps-prompt-us-to-ask-more-questions-part-4/
#Agile #Teams #Flow
How to Use Value Stream Maps to Reinforce Agility & Effectiveness, Part 3 (Collaborative Teams)
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/04/how-to-use-value-stream-maps-to-reinforce-agility-effectiveness-part-3-collaborative-teams/
#Agile #Teams #Collaboration
My Weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.09 I Write Prototypes, not Drafts
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/04/2026-09-i-write-prototypes-not-drafts/
video: https://youtu.be/5bs8s-xbmhs
#Writing #Nonfiction
How to Use Value Stream Maps to Reinforce Agility & Effectiveness, Part 2 (Cooperative Teams)
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/04/how-to-use-value-stream-maps-to-reinforce-agility-effectiveness-part-2-cooperative-teams/
#Agile #Teams #Planning
What New Thing (Data, Event, Emotion) Surprised You This Week?
https://createadaptablelife.com/2026/04/what-new-thing-data-event-emotion-surprised-you-this-week.html
#QuestionOfTheWeek #Change
How to Use Value Stream Maps to Reinforce Agility & Effectiveness, Part 1
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/03/how-to-use-value-stream-maps-to-reinforce-agility-effectiveness-part-1/
#Teams #planning
My Weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.08 Practice is the Point
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/03/2026-08-practice-is-the-point/
video: https://youtu.be/FKzdnG0BcRw
#WritingSecret #Books
How Can You See Your Adaptability and Resilience as You Make Decisions?
https://createadaptablelife.com/2026/03/how-can-you-see-your-adaptability-and-resilience-as-you-make-decisions.html
#QuestionOfTheWeek #Choices #Decisions