George M. Notter, Jr., FAIA, 1933-2007

On August 7, 1933, my father was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He always made a big deal of his humble beginnings, and how special it was for him to get a chance to go to Harvard, but by the time I knew him, it didn’t seem like an accident. He was a successful...

Gift

Many thanks to Ben Martin for giving me an early Christmas gift by naming me as "Best Association Blogger for 2007." This is the second year in a row that I have taken home this award (and I will remind everyone that since Ben is not in the running for his...

The "Duh" of Innovation

David Gammel did a nice post (referring to his conference presentation) about innovation last week, so I’m going to jump on that bandwagon. There is a story about learning organizations in MIT’s Sloan Management Review, and it starts like this:Nearly every...

The “Duh” of Innovation

David Gammel did a nice post (referring to his conference presentation) about innovation last week, so I’m going to jump on that bandwagon. There is a story about learning organizations in MIT’s Sloan Management Review, and it starts like this:Nearly every...

Are Surveys Evil?

I am slowly catching up with blog posts after my travel last week, but I have to point to what is among my top 5 favorite posts of the year: Chris Bailey’s suggestion that Employee Surveys are tools of the Devil! Amen! It is a beautifully written rant about why...
Jamie Notter