by Jamie Notter | Nov 15, 2018 | Strategy
For a project I’m working on, I dug out my old copy of Blue Ocean Strategy. It’s a classic (and excellent) business book from way back in 2005, and the premise is simple: if you take the time to analyze your market, you have the opportunity to choose a different...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 30, 2018 | Change, Culture, Truth
Here’s a typical scenario. You want to create a stronger culture, so you ask your people to articulate some kind of ideal culture. They tell you all the aspects they wish were present in your culture, and probably complain about some of the problems they now face, and...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 10, 2018 | Change, Conflict, Culture, Growth, Managing People, Solutions
When we were creating the Workplace Genome culture assessment, I had an assumption that organizations with really small staff would tend not use it. I used to joke: Hey, if you’re only 19 employees, then instead of the culture survey, why don’t you just sit around the...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 8, 2018 | Agility, Conflict, Culture, Managing People, Transparency
So I gave myself the rare gift of time last week and read two business books: Ray Dalio’s Principles and Patty McCord’s Powerful. Dalio’s book is a #1 bestseller, and in full disclosure I didn’t read the whole thing (it’s pretty big)—I skipped the “life principles”...
by Jamie Notter | Sep 20, 2018 | Books and Reading, Culture, Leadership, Strategy
EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) is a concept put forward by Gino Wickman in his book, Traction, and it is popular with many leaders. It’s a framework for leadership that includes some very clear processes for assigning roles, holding people accountable...
