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Long Plans Offer Less Value", "url": "https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/06/2026-15-long-plans-offer-less-value/", "published_at": "2026-06-05T14:36:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb55-6335-7055-9715-3c23a4d568b1", "title": "Consulting Tip 12: How to Use Value-Based Fees to Stop the “You’re Too Expensive” Trap", "url": "https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/06/consulting-tip-12-how-to-use-value-based-fees-to-stop-the-youre-too-expensive-trap/", "published_at": "2026-06-01T15:45:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb55-6335-7055-9715-3c23a5aaece5", "title": "How Much Can You Trust an LLM to Tell You What Your Customers Want?", "url": "https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/05/how-much-can-you-trust-an-llm-to-tell-you-what-your-customers-want/", "published_at": "2026-05-27T15:31:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb55-6335-7055-9715-3c23a606a074", "title": "2026.14. 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2026

2026.26 How Old Are Your Plans?original ↗
18 Sept 2026
Management Minute: How to Recognize a Change in Capacity to Stop Pressureoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2026
2026.25 Why Aging Mattersoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2026
A Management Minute: Treat People Fairly, Not Necessarily Equallyoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2026
2026.24 Treat All Plans as Experiments and Betsoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2026
How to Best Learn from Your Retros: Choose One Experiment at a Timeoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2026
2026.23 HiPPOs Destroy Psychological Safetyoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2026
Three Ways to Use Guardrails to Make Progress and Adapt to Frequent Changeoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2026
2026.22 When Planning Outpaces Deliveryoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2026
How Flow Exposes the Reality and Costs of Progress, Part 2original ↗
11 Aug 2026
2026.21 Management Costs of Delayoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2026
How Cost Accounting Hides the Truth from Management, Part 1original ↗
5 Aug 2026
2026.20 Opportunity Costs Are Not the Same as the Costs of Delayoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2026
How to Use AI for Writing Without Stealing from Others, Yourself, or Cheating Your Readersoriginal ↗
28 Jul 2026
2026.19 The Sigh Testoriginal ↗
24 Jul 2026
Drowning in Work? Three Tips to Help You Choose Your Single Focusoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2026
Public Speaking Myth 10: Speakers Must Pay to Speak to an Audienceoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2026
2026.18. Plan Confirmation Biasoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2026
How and When to Use AI to Diagnose & Avoid Common Agility Problems, Part 3original ↗
23 Jun 2026
Leadership Tip 27: How to Support Other People’s Growth for Better Outcomesoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2026
2026.17. Starting Questions for Alternative Plansoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2026
How to Diagnose the Bottlenecks In Your Team to Reduce Cycle Time, Part 2original ↗
16 Jun 2026
2026.16 Continual Planning Book Description, First Draftoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2026
How to Use Value Stream Maps to See Where AI Creates Bottlenecks, Part 1original ↗
10 Jun 2026
The Effective Public Speaking Book is Available Everywhere!original ↗
8 Jun 2026
A Wonderful Conversation About Consulting with Nigel Rawlinsoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2026
2026.15. Long Plans Offer Less Valueoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2026
Consulting Tip 12: How to Use Value-Based Fees to Stop the “You’re Too Expensive” Traporiginal ↗
1 Jun 2026
How Much Can You Trust an LLM to Tell You What Your Customers Want?original ↗
27 May 2026
2026.14. How Alternative Plans Offer Valueoriginal ↗
22 May 2026
Three Tips for Succeeding as an Accidental Leaderoriginal ↗
20 May 2026
A Management Minute: How Money Always Reflects the Priorities, Not the Valueoriginal ↗
19 May 2026
2026.13. How Much Value Do Your Plans Offer?original ↗
15 May 2026
How We Can Move from Product Certainty to Future Experiments and Optionsoriginal ↗
13 May 2026
How to See Aging as a Leading Indicator to See Where Work Hidesoriginal ↗
11 May 2026
How to See Your Leading, Lagging, and Reliable Estimation Metricsoriginal ↗
6 May 2026
Rollback: A Tried-and True Way to Make Sure Your Product or Site Still Worksoriginal ↗
4 May 2026
2026.12 Continual Planning Prefaceoriginal ↗
1 May 2026
Hard Thoughts About Assets and Value in a Software Organizationoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2026
How to Use One of the Most Valuable Management Tools: Active Listeningoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2026
2026.11 Write to Fool Your Imposter Syndromeoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2026
A Management Minute: Look for the Value Returned for the Money Investedoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2026
2026.10 From the Prefaceoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2026
How Value Stream Maps Prompt Us to Ask More Questions, Part 4original ↗
7 Apr 2026
How to Use Value Stream Maps to Reinforce Agility & Effectiveness, Part 3 (Collaborative Teams)original ↗
6 Apr 2026
2026.09 I Write Prototypes, not Draftsoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2026
How to Use Value Stream Maps to Reinforce Agility & Effectiveness, Part 2 (Cooperative Teams)original ↗
2 Apr 2026
How to Use Value Stream Maps to Reinforce Agility & Effectiveness, Part 1 (Expert Teams)original ↗
31 Mar 2026
2026.08 Practice is the Pointoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2026
How to Use Schedule Advances and Slack to Create New Opportunitiesoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2026
2026.07 Writing Secrets Introductionoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2026
How Good is Your Backlog? How to Assess Your Team’s Thinking Skills, Part 3original ↗
17 Mar 2026
2026.06 Continual Planning Introduction Part 1original ↗
13 Mar 2026
How Good is Your Backlog? How to Shape the Work for Product Success, Part 2original ↗
10 Mar 2026
2026.05 Planning Miracle Happens Hereoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2026
How Good is Your Backlog? Start with Ready Criteria, Part 1original ↗
3 Mar 2026
Leadership Tip 26: How to Use Critical Thinking to Make Work Betteroriginal ↗
19 Feb 2026
How to Know the Difference Between Plans and Wishes for the Futureoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2026
Writing Secret 23: How to Ask for Useful Feedback on Short Writingoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2026
Why Writing Feels So Hard and Why AI Is Not the Answeroriginal ↗
2 Feb 2026
2026.04 More of the Carnival Short Storyoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2026
Product Value Teams: Collaborative Leadership for Faster Learning and Delivery, Part 6original ↗
29 Jan 2026
Less Than 24 Hours Remaining for the Effective Public Speaking Kickstarteroriginal ↗
26 Jan 2026
Public Speaking Myth Nine: I Have Nothing to Sayoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2026
Public Speaking Myth Eight: Speakers Should Copy Someone Elseoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2026
Public Speaking Myth Seven: Stories Do Not Matteroriginal ↗
22 Jan 2026
Leadership Tip 25: How to Choose Autonomy to Avoid Malicious Complianceoriginal ↗
21 Jan 2026
Public Speaking Myth Six: Fiction Writers Have Nothing to Sayoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2026
Public Speaking Myth Five: Shy People Cannot Be Effective Speakersoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2026
2026.03 Part of a Carnival Short Storyoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2026
Public Speaking Myth Four: Only Extroverts Can Be Effective Public Speakersoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2026
Public Speaking Myth 3: Exposure is Enough Compensation for the Value You Offeroriginal ↗
14 Jan 2026
Wave Goodbye to Happy Hour: Bring Back Cafeterias and Lunchoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2026
Announcing the Effective Public Speaking Kickstarter’s First Stretch Goaloriginal ↗
12 Jan 2026
Public Speaking Myth Two: (Do Not!) Start by Introducing Yourselforiginal ↗
11 Jan 2026
2026.02 Part of a Summer Romance Short Storyoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2026
My Public Speaking Kickstarter Funded!original ↗
7 Jan 2026
Public Speaking Myth 1: (Do Not!) Imagine Your Audience Nakedoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2026
How the Program Product Value Team Focuses on Overall Business Value, Part 5original ↗
5 Jan 2026
Last Call for the Q1 2026 Writing Workshoporiginal ↗
2 Jan 2026
2026.01 Part of a Science Fiction Mystery Storyoriginal ↗
2 Jan 2026

2025

Writing Secret 21: Publish Even If You Think It’s Not Perfectoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2025
Want to Invite Culture Change? Use Stories About Who We Are, Part 2original ↗
20 Dec 2025
2025.43 Part of a Science Fiction Mystery Storyoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2025
Writing Secret 20: Decide When to Toss and Start Freshoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2025
Writing Secret 19: Stuck? Draw a Picture to Explain to Yourselforiginal ↗
12 Dec 2025
The Cross-Functional Product Value Team Collaborates for Strategy and Tactics, Part 4original ↗
9 Dec 2025
Writing Secret 19: How to See the Difference Between Project Block and Writer’s Blockoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2025
2025.42 Summer Spy Story Excerptoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2025
How a Vertical Product Value Team Shares Strategy and Tactics for One Product, Part 3original ↗
4 Dec 2025
2025.41 Project Surprises and Actionsoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2025
Want to Invite Culture Change? Combine Metrics and Stories, Part 1original ↗
27 Nov 2025
Part 2: Why Teams Need Both Strategic and Tactical Product Leadershiporiginal ↗
25 Nov 2025
Effective Public Speaking Has a Kickstarter Pre-Launch Pageoriginal ↗
24 Nov 2025
How to Avoid Solo Product Leadership Failure with a Product Value Team, Part 1original ↗
19 Nov 2025
Podcast with Kumar Dattatreyan Mostly About Management Mythsoriginal ↗
17 Nov 2025
2025.40 Romantic Suspense Story Excerptoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2025
Project Charter Part 6: The Product Vision Drives the Project Charter, Summaryoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2025
Project Charter Part 5: Workshop the Project Charter with the Right People to Manage Everyone’s Timeoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2025
2025.39 Fantasy Short Story Excerptoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2025
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