by Jamie Notter | Sep 26, 2008 | Leadership, Strategy
Hugh MacLeod wrote an interesting post about complexity, citing complexity as the difference between success and failure. It’s simple to fail, but you must manage complexity to succeed. He applies this theory to organizations:So when I see a small but...
by Jamie Notter | Sep 23, 2008 | Individual Development, Leadership
I was having an interesting conversation yesterday with an association executive about the phenomenon of trying to say yes to everyone. It seems to be a common occurrence in the association world. We say yes to everyone, and then figure out later how to make it...
by Jamie Notter | Sep 22, 2008 | Culture
Organizational cultures evolve. They quite rarely transform or get reinvented, despite the best efforts of change management experts. But they do evolve, and they evolve constantly. They evolve whether you want them to or not. But you absolutely can affect the...
by Jamie Notter | Sep 12, 2008 | Leadership, Managing People
David Patt over on the Association Executive Management blog recently attended a session for CEOs about employee engagement, and one of the CEOs asked the following question:Why it is OK to leave the office early for a family dinner but not for an acting class?...
by Jamie Notter | Sep 9, 2008 | Individual Development, Leadership
I’ve made reference in a few different blog posts (here recently and here from the Association Renewal blog) to my concern about our society’s obsession with answers. Patti Digh recently referred me to this blog post about it as well, where a Canadian...