Slides from Exploding Management Myths Posted - No Fluff Just Stuff

Slides from Exploding Management Myths Posted

Posted by: Johanna Rothman on June 10, 2013

I gave a talk last week at Better Software/Agile Development, called Exploding Management Myths. This is my first talk based on some of my management myths. Yes, the ones I’ve been writing for the last 18 months. Yes, I have more in me :-)

I have posted the slides and the audio from my talk at slideshare. I still cannot understand how to properly sync the slides and audio at slideshare. I don’t talk evenly, which is what slideshare expects. I tried to separate the slides and audio. Can’t do that either. Grumble, grumble. However, it’s posted, and if you download the slides and then listen to the audio, you can manually sync the slides and the audio :-)

If you have a favorite myth that I have not yet addressed, please let me know. I will write about it.

I really need help from you. I need a title for the eventual book. Everyone talks about debunking myths, so I don’t think I want to go with debunking. I thought it might be “Exploding Management Myths.” Maybe. Doc List suggested it might be “Blowing Up the Bullshit.” Maybe :-) Do you have ideas for the eventual title for this management book? I would like at least a few more options.

See the management myths on Stickyminds here, and on my site.

Johanna Rothman

About Johanna Rothman

Johanna Rothman, known as the “Pragmatic Manager,” offers frank advice for your tough problems. She helps leaders and teams learn to see simple and reasonable things that might work. Equipped with that knowledge, they can decide how to adapt their product development.

With her trademark practicality and humor, Johanna is the author of 18 books about many aspects of product development. She’s written these books:

  • Project Lifecycles: How to Reduce Risks, Release Successful Products, and Increase Agility
  • Become a Successful Independent Consultant
  • Free Your Inner Nonfiction Writer
  • Modern Management Made Easy series: Practical Ways to Manage Yourself; Practical Ways to Lead and Serve (Manage) Others; Practical Ways to Lead an Innovative Organization
  • Write a Conference Proposal the Conference Wants and Accepts
  • From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams (with Mark Kilby)
  • Create Your Successful Agile Project: Collaborate, Measure, Estimate, Deliver
  • Agile and Lean Program Management: Scaling Collaboration Across the Organization
  • Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects, 2nd edition
  • Project Portfolio Tips: Twelve Ideas for Focusing on the Work You Need to Start & Finish
  • Diving for Hidden Treasures: Finding the Value in Your Project Portfolio (with Jutta Eckstein)
  • Predicting the Unpredictable: Pragmatic Approaches to Estimating Project Schedule or Cost
  • Manage Your Job Search
  • Hiring Geeks That Fit
  • The 2008 Jolt Productivity award-winning Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management
  • Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management (with Esther Derby)

In addition to articles and columns on various sites, Johanna writes the Managing Product Development blog on her website, jrothman.com, as well as a personal blog on createadaptablelife.com.

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