by Jamie Notter | Nov 29, 2007 | Conflict, Managing People
In an article about making business alliances work in the November HBR, authors Hughes and Weiss suggest a small number of principles that should guide alliance building. The first suggests focusing less on defining the business plans and more on how you’ll work...
by Jamie Notter | Nov 28, 2007 | Change, Conflict, Individual Development, Leadership
I was intrigued by a post on the Signals v. Noise blog today. Someone had asked them a question about how they resolved stalemates during their design process. Jason replied that they rarely have them because for most design decisions or changes, they simply do them....
by Jamie Notter | Nov 26, 2007 | Misc
This may be a purely innocent misunderstanding, but I went on to Amazon.com today to try and order a book (that I am going to give away at my upcoming Great Ideas session). The book is several years old. When I searched under the title (Who Really Matters), I got this...
by Jamie Notter | Nov 26, 2007 | Generational Diversity
I found a nice article about the Millennial generation in the workforce from PC World Canada. It is merely one perspective on this generation (that is still defining itself, actually), but it seems balanced to me and doesn’t play into the hype. For instance,...
by Jamie Notter | Nov 26, 2007 | Leadership
Okay, before November ends I want to point out the must-read article of the month in Harvard Business Review. It is by David Snowden and Mary Boone, titled "A Leader’s Framework for Decision Making." The article connects complexity science with...
