Have you seen the Forbes article that has zero idea how efficient engineering teams work? They have a whole long list of “inefficiencies”. This is a quote from that article: Marking oneself as “in a meeting” on Slack Scheduling communications (Slack messages, emails, and code commits) for off-hours to appear active Blocking out private calendar […]
Are you worried about your ability to pay for books you want to read? Several of my newsletter readers have that problem. They’re unemployed and trying to figure out what to do next, their pivot. Since they read my newsletter and blog, these people trust my advice. They have asked where to find my free
My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. Enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is Johanna’s 60 Seconds of Writing WIP for November 29, 2024, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This is from the Effective Public Speaking book. When
It’s been a couple of weeks of craziness for me. Even so, I made a little time to write and record this week’s 60 seconds of Writing WIP. I want to finish this book “by the end of the year.” I’m close. I might need to release an early version on leanpub to get some
I’ve opened registration for the Q1 2025 Writing Workshop. See Writing Workshop 1: Free Your Inner Writer & Sell Your Nonfiction Ideas for all the details. I’ve structured the workshop so you practice writing. Each week, you write something and send it to me. I’ll offer you personal feedback. In addition, I add a general response
Even though I’m traveling this week, I recorded a podcast for you (and to show you I make a little progress every week on my book writing.) My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. Enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is Johanna’s 60 Seconds of Writing WIP
My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. Enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is Johanna’s 60 Seconds of Writing WIP for November 8, 2024, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This is from the Effective Public Speaking book. If
When I started working on projects, we thought we could use a serial/waterfall approach to project management and product development. While we were wrong, one very good thing happened in the 1970s and 1980s: We took the time at the end of each phase to do a little retrospective. Yes, even for a serial approach,
Several newish writers have asked me how to help their readers find their writing. What they’re doing does not seem to work. They write on LinkedIn and on other social media sites. But the people they want to attract to their writing do not seem to find it. That’s the writer discoverability problem. Every writer
My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. Enjoy! Podcast: Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is Johanna’s 60 Seconds of Writing WIP for November 1, 2024, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This is from the Effective Public Speaking book. Now comes the