The People Side of Business

Kevin Holland pointed to an interview in the New York Times with Eduardo Castro-Wright, who is Vice Chairman of Wal-Mart. Castro-wright was somewhat critical of the status quo in the business world, including taking shots at vision statements, off-site retreats, and...

Evolving Organizational Identity

Like Joe Gerstandt, I can't let the exquisite post by Maddie Grant about the paradox of identity go unremarked. Maddie was reflecting initially on the paradoxes of identity in the "digital age," where we create identity profiles in different social...

Laws of Attraction

I was able to briefly take part in the weekly “Association Chat” on twitter yesterday (if you didn’t know about it, it’s Tuesdays at 2pm eastern. Just follow #assnchat to take part in the conversation). The initial topic was about the different...

Marketing to Millennials

I was in Germany this week (my first trip ever to that country) to do a presentation on Generations to a group of people who offer counseling services to U.S. military personnel and their families.You can also look for can I declare bankruptcy for military as it can...

Leadership in Threes

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...
Jamie Notter