by Jamie Notter | Oct 10, 2011 | Books and Reading, Change
I have had the book Race for Relevance: 5 Radical Changes for Associations for a couple of months now, wanting to do a review here in the blog. I struggled a bit, though, because I am of two minds about the book. There is a lot in this book I really like. Coerver and...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 5, 2011 | Humanize
This is the last in my series of six “Exploring Humanize” blog posts where I go over the basic content in the book. If you missed the previous ones, just go to the Humanize category and you can scan through them all. And if you’re ready to buy the...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 4, 2011 | Humanize
When Maddie and I did an informal talk on the book back in August (before we were done editing!), one of the participants asked us to elaborate on what it means to be “generative.” Of the four human elements in our trellis, this one was the least familiar,...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 3, 2011 | Humanize
The second element in our Trellis for human organizations is trustworthy. It’s unfortunately not a word we associate with organizations too frequently. Over the years, I think we’ve given up. We expect organizations to spin us, to withhold information, to...