Johanna Rothman

Johanna consults, speaks, and writes about managing product development. She helps managers and leaders do reasonable things that work. You can read more of her writings at jrothman.com.

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Johanna RothmanSeptember 29th, 2021
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Writing Secret 3: Choose When to Use Passive Voice
Most of us writers start with bad advice, to write “formally.” We’re not supposed to talk to the reader. Or,…
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Johanna RothmanSeptember 25th, 2021
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Clarify the Difference Between Outputs, Outcomes, and Benefits
When I sent my newsletter last month, Modern Management: Want Valuable Outcomes? Create Overarching Goals, several readers asked me questions.…
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Johanna RothmanSeptember 15th, 2021
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How to Create Your Own Team Board Without Spending a Ton of Time or Money
Are you frustrated with your board? Maybe three columns don’t offer you enough information. Or maybe you agree with me…
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Johanna RothmanSeptember 15th, 2021
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Agile Approaches Offer Strategic Advantage; Agile Tools are Tactics, Part 4
I started this series with observations that my clients appear to confuse strategy and tactics. They think agile approaches are…
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Johanna RothmanSeptember 14th, 2021
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Agile Approaches Offer Strategic Advantage; Agile Tools are Tactics, Part 3
In Part 1 and 2 of this series, I wrote about how an agile approach might offer strategic benefits. And…
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Johanna RothmanSeptember 8th, 2021
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Agile Approaches Offer Strategic Advantage; Agile Tools are Tactics, Part 2
So when does it make sense to customize your agile approach to gain a strategic advantage? Whenever you have a…
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Johanna RothmanSeptember 8th, 2021
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Agile Approaches Offer Strategic Advantage; Agile Tools are Tactics, Part 1
A number of my clients confuse their strategic ideas with tactical work. They think that the agile tools they use,…
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Johanna RothmanSeptember 6th, 2021
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Leadership Tip #13: For Innovation, Remove at Least One Policy or Procedure a Week
Some managers wanted to prevent Bad Things from happening in the organization, so they added policies or procedures. Now, these…
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Johanna RothmanAugust 19th, 2021
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Leadership Tip: Focus on Effectiveness, Not Efficiency
Many of us focus on how efficient we can be. Many of our organizations want to maximize our output for…
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