How a Little Math Plus Human Stories Can Make Your Project Data Short, Sweet, and Useful
https://www.jrothman.com/newsletter/2026/10/how-a-little-math-plus-human-stories-can-make-your-project-data-short-sweet-and-useful/
#Metrics
A Management Minute: Interruptions and How to See Their Effect on Our Work
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/10/a-management-minute-interruptions-and-how-to-see-their-effect-on-our-work/
#Interruption #Multitasking
@sfwrtr I write in many genres, with the exception of horror and erotica. My nonfiction readers don't read all my writing. Neither do my fiction readers. (I only have short stories and collections at this point.)
However, I read all genres except for horror. When I find an author voice I like, I want to know about everything they write. I am not alone.
My Substack about living with cancer: https://johannarothman.substack.com/p/why-im-writing-about-living-with
#Cancer
A Management Minute: How Delayed Decisions Create Many Kinds of Debt
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/10/a-management-minute-how-delayed-decisions-create-many-kinds-of-debt/
#Decisions
How Can You Know the Right Tool to Use for Your Current Problem?
https://createadaptablelife.com/2026/09/how-can-you-know-the-right-tool-to-use-for-your-current-problem.html
#QuestionOfTheWeek #ProblemSolving
My September Pragmatic Manager newsletter: Why Using AI Means We Need More Tool—Not People—Management and Control
https://www.jrothman.com/newsletter/2026/09/why-using-ai-means-we-need-more-tool-not-people-management-and-control/
video: https://youtu.be/8X8URr9GV4E
#Management #Autonomy
How Much (or How Little) Can We Do to Repair the World?
https://createadaptablelife.com/2026/09/how-much-or-how-little-can-we-do-to-repair-the-world.html
#Progress #QuestionOfTheWeek
My Weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.26 How Old Are Your Plans?
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/09/2026-26-how-old-are-your-plans/
video: https://youtu.be/i5xUIVGYiiY
#Planning
A Management Minute: Management Minute: How to Recognize a Change in Capacity to Stop Pressure
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/09/management-minute-how-to-recognize-a-change-in-capacity-to-stop-pressure/
#Management #Capacity
My September 2026 CAL newsletter: How Can We Enjoy the Necessary Practice to Master Valuable New Skills?
https://createadaptablelife.com/2026/09/how-can-we-enjoy-the-necessary-practice-to-master-valuable-new-skills.html
video: https://youtu.be/EdDOaRYrIEU
#Learning #Writing
My Weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.25 Why Aging Matters
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/09/2026-25-why-aging-matters/
video: https://youtu.be/1riKNE8Dy5M
#Planning
A Management Minute: Treat People Fairly, Not Necessarily Equally
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/09/a-management-minute-treat-people-fairly-not-necessarily-equally/
#Management
My Weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.24 Treat All Plans as Experiments and Bets
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/08/2026-24-treat-all-plans-as-experiments-and-bets/
video: https://youtu.be/3kmevLhQ6fU
#Planning
How Can You Tell the Difference Between Inspiration and Competition?
https://createadaptablelife.com/2026/08/how-can-you-tell-the-difference-between-inspiration-and-competition.html
#QuestionOfTheWeek #Mastery
How to Best Learn from Your Retros: Choose One Experiment at a Time
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/08/how-to-best-learn-from-your-retros-choose-one-experiment-at-a-time/
#Learn
My Weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.23 HiPPOs Destroy Psychological Safety
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/08/2026-23-hippos-destroy-psychological-safety/
video: https://youtu.be/Yrb_97Nf2NI
#Planning
What Are You Willing to Do to Create the Culture You Want?
https://createadaptablelife.com/2026/08/what-are-you-willing-to-do-to-create-the-culture-you-want.html
#QuestionOfTheWeek #Culture
My August 2026 Pragmatic Manager newsletter: Three Ways to Use Guardrails to Make Progress and Adapt to Frequent Change
https://www.jrothman.com/newsletter/2026/08/three-ways-to-use-guardrails-to-make-progress-and-adapt-to-frequent-change/
video: https://youtu.be/Xf9cQKLjubU
#Planning #Change
My Weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.22 When Planning Outpaces Delivery
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/08/2026-22-when-planning-outpaces-delivery/
video: https://youtu.be/EcJDif3i1D4
#Planning