The D.C. mayor and council chairman have announced a new labor agreement with the D.C. Fraternal Order of Police Union, providing pay increases for nearly 3,000 officers and extending raises to non-union officers, as well as introducing new initiatives to boost recruitment and retention. The post Bowser and Mendelson Announce Pay Boosts and Recruitment Push for D.C. Police appeared first on The Washington Informer.| The Washington Informer
This week's podcast is from the Effective Public Speaking book. I finished the index and am about to get the various print layouts ready. Enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: This is 60 Seconds of Writing in Public with Johanna Rothman for August 29, 2025, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some […] The post 2025.31 Impostor Syndrome Can Create Your Fear appeared first on Johanna Rothman.| Johanna Rothman
Today's podcast is from the Effective Public Speaking book. I am deep into the indexing. Yes, this is part of the finishing that makes me somewhat nutso. That's okay. I have promised myself a delightful beverage tonight, as long as I finish it today. (To be honest, I will have a delightful beverage whenever I […] The post 2025.30 Experience Reports Use Nested Stories appeared first on Johanna Rothman.| Johanna Rothman
I have options for all kinds of work I want to do today: The creative work, which includes a wide variety of writing (articles, blog posts, and yes, more books) and more workshops Paperwork. Yes, I have accounting and all kinds of spreadsheet reconciliation. Client preparation work for when they return from their summer vacations. […] The post A Management Minute: Choose the One Most Important Option and Finish That appeared first on Johanna Rothman.| Johanna Rothman
This week's podcast is from the Effective Public Speaking book. A funny thing happened on the way to the podcast. I've been heads-down, proofing and finishing the book. I plan to start the index today. That's all finishing the book. I hate this part, but if I don't do it, I can't publish the book. […]| Johanna Rothman
Plus, William and Mary law professor Jonathan Adler joins the podcast to explain why the pace of federal judge appointments has been so slow in Trump's second term.| The Reload
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) won't reveal how many of its gun arrests are related to possession rather than violent crime.| The Reload
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Is your team ever surprised by how long things take? Do you hear things such as: Team members say, “I've been waiting for code review for more than 2 days.” (See Measure Cycle Time, Not Velocity to see the various durations for solo, cooperative, and collaborative work. Cycle time is a team-based measure of feedback […] The post A Project Minute: Shorten All Feedback Loops to Prove and Disprove Which Features Matter appeared first on Johanna Rothman.| Johanna Rothman
This week's podcast is from Effective Public Speaking. I need to finish proofing the book before I add the index. That will tell me how large the cover dimensions need to be, and I can continue. These are all the little details I just can't stand, but I need to do them. Enjoy! The Podcast: […] The post 2025.28 Offer Value to the Audience appeared first on Johanna Rothman.| Johanna Rothman
In a recent conversation, an unemployed agile coach asked, “What's the point of a project manager, anyway?” Here's what effective project managers do: They create the environment for the team to succeed. Here's how effective project managers start: If the team does not yet have a project charter with the product goal, they facilitate or […] The post A Project Minute: Effective Project Managers Create the Environment for Team Success appeared first on Johanna Rothman.| Johanna Rothman
A colleague recently asked me how a team can deliver something useful in the next four to five weeks. “That's all? Just four to five weeks?” I asked. Yes, that was all the time they had remaining. They'd worked on this product for a while, but that was the time they had left. This problem […] The post Five Practical Tips for Any Team to Reduce Risks, Increase Agility, and Deliver Value appeared first on Johanna Rothman.| Johanna Rothman
This week, my podcast is from the Effective Public Speaking book. My copyeditor is zooming through the chapters. I hope I can finish the manuscript next week to get ready for print, etc. The Podcast: The Transcript: This is 60 Seconds of Writing in Public with Johanna Rothman for August 1, 2025, where I read […] The post 2025.27 Speaking Clarifies the Value and Quality of Your Ideas appeared first on Johanna Rothman.| Johanna Rothman
I've heard that the AA/PMI wants to create a manifesto for enterprise agility. I'm not sure we need a manifesto, but that's fine. Here are the necessary conditions for enterprise agility: A culture of flow efficiency thinking. That means everyone collaborates across the organization to optimize up for one overarching goal. Limited planning horizons, with […]| Johanna Rothman
Several of my fellow writers are busy writing their nonfiction books. Since I've published a number of books, they've asked me to take a look at their book covers. Too often, the cover does not do the book or the author justice. The title is too small, the author's name is way too small, and […]| Johanna Rothman
Easily tweakable for your particular tastes.| ideatrash
My youngest child started school this week, so I have a bit of time for blogging! This is another “a neat hack that I’m sharing partly so I remember how I did it in the future”… The problem Basically, I have a big ripped mp3 music collection I play using the venerable MPD Music Player Daemon system. I can play tracks and playlists fine with MPD-compatible applications, but I quite often want to listen to and browse music based on albums not tracks. I want “these are my favourite alb...| Korny’s Blog
Several of my clients want to plan the product roadmap and then “work to the plan.” They think the roadmap is the long-term goal. But roadmaps aren't goals. Instead, they are tactics for achieving a long-term goal. That means we need long-term goals based on both the corporate strategy and each product's strategy. Those are two […]| Johanna Rothman
Many of my consulting and job-searching colleagues feel stuck in finding clients or jobs. Social media used to work, but it doesn't anymore. But people actually have more options for discoverability (aka marketing) than ever before. That's writing, speaking, and connecting people who might not know about each other. The more we write, speak, and […]| Johanna Rothman
Are you trying to use story points for estimation? If so, you might have encountered these problems: Story points reflect the ideal thinking of the team, not the actual experience of the team. Your managers don't want story points—they want durations and dates. In the absence of sufficient information, everyone makes up fiction (human stories) […]| Johanna Rothman
