Continuing Education

Cool! Jerry is in Laramie this week, studying astronomy for science fiction writers, with NASA. Who knew such classes were offered!

The Aremac Project on You Tube

has a little video on You Tube!

Drum roll, please!

is hot off the press.

You can see the press release here.

Manage It! is chock full of the sort of pragmatic advice you'd expect from Johanna. No dogma, just practical approaches and guidance on what approach will be most effective in a particular situation.

Congratulations, Johanna!

Looking for Feedback on JR Pic

When I was in Australia in March this year, I took a harbor cruise (which was amazing). I didn't expect a side benefit--there was a photographer on the cruise. Normally, I don't buy pictures from a ship's photographer, but there was something about this picture that struck me--it actually looks like me :-)

My professional picture is about 10 years old. (You can see that picture on the hosts page.) What do you think? Should I have a new picture taken, so it looks more like me? Or keep the old one for a while longer?

PSL: The Legend Returns

As someone who follows the AYE Conference and the work Jerry and the AYE hosts do in the world, I believe you will also be interested in this very special opportunity.

In 2002, Jerry Weinberg taught his ground-breaking workshop, Problem Problem Solving Leadership (PSL) for what he thought was the last time. Now, Jerry has arranged to offer this very special workshop again, in collaboration with Esther Derby and Johanna Rothman.

PSL has been the gold standard workshop for technical leaders (and leaders in technical organizations) since 1974.

Date: June 24-29, 2007

Location: Albuquerque, NM

Design: PSL is built on sound principles of adult learning theory, general systems thinking, group process concepts, creativity and congruent human interaction. The workshop is based entirely on experiential learning. The simulations and other activities are designed to involve you totally in the experience of improving your problem solving effectiveness.

If you would like more information email me at derby[at]estherderby[dot]com.

Preliminary Program Posted

Our Program Chair, has posted the preliminary program for 2007 on the AYE wiki. Take a peek!

News! The week of January 22, 2007

Jerry's book Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method (WOW for short), published by Dorset House is in the news twice this week!

WOW is a Jolt Award finalist and a finalist for the Best Books 2006 Awards, Writing/Publishing Category, USA Book News.

Esther and co-author Diana Larsen are giving a Tech Talk at based on their book, Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great (Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2006). AR is on the editor's pick list for Top Ten Tech Books of 2006 at amazon.com.

Johanna is editing her next book--Successful Project Management, which is expected out in April.