by Jamie Notter | Aug 18, 2015 | Change
I did an interview on a really cool podcast this week, called Amazing Workplaces. It’s almost an hour long, but check it out. Obviously I’m talking about our book, When Millennials Take Over, although Chris also asks me some about culture change, and...
by Jamie Notter | Aug 3, 2015 | Change, Culture
This post was published originally on the Switch and Shift blog. One of the most pronounced trends in business over the last five years or so has been the move toward greater transparency. This trend has been driven primarily by the revolution that we call “the...
by Jamie Notter | Jun 23, 2015 | Announcements, Change, Culture
This Thursday we’ll be hosting another #CultureChat on twitter, and our topic will focus in on the what, when, and how of changing an existing culture. I find that a lot of the organizations with really amazing cultures grew up like that. Their founders created...
by Jamie Notter | Jun 9, 2015 | Change, Learning
For obvious reasons, we care a lot about “results” in the business context. Like all good things, however, results has a bit of a shadow side. By focusing so much on the results, we often will seek to get (or at least try to prove) results at the expense...
by Jamie Notter | May 20, 2015 | Change, Generational Diversity, Leadership
I am one of many authors and bloggers these days who are writing about challenges to the traditional, command-and-control approach to management. And I will continue to do so, because I think the evidence is compelling and the rewards are significant. But it is...
by Jamie Notter | May 12, 2015 | Change, Culture, Managing People
I wrote a few months ago about Zappos’ experiment with Holacracy, a system of management that discards the traditional hierarchy in favor of a flexible and dynamic one where employees are more responsible for managing themselves. Zappos (1,500+ employees) is the...
