by Jamie Notter | Aug 3, 2009 | Individual Development, Managing People
Thanks to Jeff De Cagna for pointing out this interesting article by venture capitalist Paul Graham about "managers schedule" versus "makers schedule." By "maker" he is referring to people like software programmers and writers. They...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 14, 2009 | Conflict, Inclusion and Diversity, Individual Development, Managing People
I noticed in my Google Analytics the other day that one of the most popular keywords for finding my blog is the phrase "what does respect look like." I did a brief post on that in October 2007, pointing out that when I facilitate, the group frequently asks...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 10, 2009 | Individual Development
My friend Joe Gerstandt is a proud purveyor of the freak flag. I've been reading Joe's stuff for a while now (and it's awesome, by the way), and I will admit that the first few times he made reference to the freak flag, I was a bit confused. I figured it...
by Jamie Notter | Jun 9, 2009 | Individual Development, Leadership
I am trying to get through Gary Hamel's The Future of Management because (a) it is totally awesome and (b) I have a long list of other books I want to read. So I'm going to start some of my reflections on the first half of the book even before I have finished...
by Jamie Notter | Jun 2, 2009 | Individual Development, Leadership
I've been thinking a lot about "truth" lately. It started with the article I wrote and the session I did at the CalSAE conference in April. But a couple of weeks ago, inspired by Maddie's post, I challenged everyone: what would YOU do differently if...
by Jamie Notter | May 7, 2009 | Individual Development, Leadership
I have been thinking about all the great points my friends made about leadership as part of the Top 3 meme (see all responses in this post). As is my way, I am trying to pull some themes out of what was written, which is not an easy task with thirty-six items...
