Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: America's collapsing consumption is the world's disenshittification opportunity; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/16/k-shaped-recovery/
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Writing Secret 19: Stuck? Draw a Picture to Explain to Yourself
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2025/12/writing-secret-19-stuck-draw-a-picture-to-explain-to-yourself/
#Writing
The Cross-Functional Product Value Team Collaborates for Strategy and Tactics, Part 4
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2025/12/the-cross-functional-product-value-team-collaborates-for-strategy-and-tactics-part-4/
#ProductManagement #Leadership #Agile
Writing Secret 19: How to See the Difference Between Project Block and Writer's Block
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2025/12/writing-secret-19-how-to-see-the-difference-between-project-block-and-writers-block/
#Writing
My #Weekly #WritingWIP: Part of a spy story
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2025/12/2025-42-summer-spy-story-excerpt/
video: https://youtu.be/ZFhY2CuOWVI
#Fiction
How a Vertical Product Value Team Shares Strategy and Tactics for One Product, Part 3
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2025/12/how-a-vertical-product-value-team-shares-strategy-and-tactics-for-one-product-part-3/
#ProductManagement #Leadership #Agile
How Do All the Delays Help Us Get Through Our Learning to Finish?
https://createadaptablelife.com/2025/12/how-do-all-the-delays-help-us-get-through-our-learning-to-finish.html
#QuestionOfTheWeek #Learning
A significant insight from @adrianh: https://adrianhoward.com/posts/track-interruptions/
Interruptions tell you where you, as a formal or informal leader, might make your team dependent on you.
Thank you, Adrian! (I looked for this to boost it but did not find it.)
@RuthMalan Do you offer an RSS feed? It sounds like you want us to bookmark that specific page.
(Hoping you also offer an RSS feed.)
I am speaking at Agile New England on Dec 4. See https://agilenewengland.org/fight-fake-agility/ for the description and to register.
My #Weekly #WritingWIP: 2025.41 Project Surprises and Actions
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2025/11/2025-41-project-surprises-and-actions/
video: https://youtu.be/GtDA9xKWm88
why does my muse live in the shower, not at my desk
it would be so much more convenient if solutions came to me when I might be able to type without shorting out a keyboard
and one can spend only so much time in the shower without the family growing concerned
also water bills
Part 2: Why Teams Need Both Strategic and Tactical Product Leadership
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2025/11/part-2-why-teams-need-both-strategic-and-tactical-product-leadership/
#ProductLeadership #Strategy #Tactics
Effective Public Speaking Has a Kickstarter Pre-Launch Page
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2025/11/effective-public-speaking-has-a-kickstarter-pre-launch-page/
#Kickstarter #Books
How Much More or Less Could You or Should You Do This Year?
https://createadaptablelife.com/2025/11/how-much-more-or-less-could-you-or-should-you-do-this-year.html
#QuestionOfTheWeek #WIP #Learning
How to Avoid Solo Product Leadership Failure with a Product Value Team, Part 1
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2025/11/how-to-avoid-solo-product-leadership-failure-with-a-product-value-team-part-1/
#ProductLeadership #ProjectSuccess
I’m part of the Agile Network’s Refine event this week with 2 sessions:
- One on management collaboration (because that’s the essence of organizational agility) &- one panel about predictability vs agility.
Please join us at https://go.theagilenetwork.com/l/hp-jrothman (that’s the code so they can track me.) My Discount Code: ROTHMANPMC33 to get 33% OFF all memberships.
Podcast with Kumar Dattatreyan Mostly About Management Myths
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2025/11/podcast-with-kumar-dattatreyan-mostly-about-management-myths/
#Management #Leadership
My Weekly #WritingWIP: 2025.40 Romantic Suspense Story Excerpt
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2025/11/2025-40-romantic-suspense-story-excerpt/
video: https://youtu.be/YfHE_Am-e5k
#fiction #writing