by Jamie Notter | Nov 13, 2006 | Individual Development
My friend Ira Koretsky talks a lot about stories. He’s actually one of several people I know that understand the power of storytelling. There is something about us as human beings that has us gravitate towards stories. This has big implications in organizations,...
by Jamie Notter | Nov 10, 2006 | Inclusion and Diversity, Managing People
Associations Now has a good article on Brainstorming. The term is very well-known now, but I find in organizations we rarely do it the way it was intended. As the article states, the purpose of brainstorming is to generate LOTS of ideas, on the assumption that you’ll...
by Jamie Notter | Nov 9, 2006 | Change, Consulting, Individual Development
The FCNow blog pointed me to a resource on the Fast Company site that is about action learning. According to a survey of Chief Learning Officers in corporations, the three learning methods they are stressing right now (in addition to bringing in an outside instructor...
by Jamie Notter | Nov 3, 2006 | Conflict
Thanks to the Kansas City Society of Association Executives for inviting me to do a keynote speech at their annual meeting on Wedensday. I did the morning general session on “Overcoming Your Association’s Fear of Conflict.” Although I’m thinking of changing the title...