by Jamie Notter | Jan 12, 2015 | Generational Diversity, Individual Development
We had a particularly cold week last week here in the D.C. area–down into the low teens at night and highs in the 20s. That’s not normal for this area, where high temperatures, even in January, average above 40 degrees. Fortunately, I work from home, so...
by Jamie Notter | Jan 7, 2015 | Change, Individual Development, Leadership
…the first thing you do, is stop digging. Don’t get in the way of your own progress. Your own behavior is actually the piece of the puzzle over which you have the most control, so take advantage of that. When faced with a problem, don’t rush to...
by Jamie Notter | Jan 5, 2015 | Change, Truth
On the last day of 2014, I made the mistake of getting a prescription filled. I didn’t intend to do it that day. That just happened to be the day I went to the doctor and he called it in to my local CVS. I showed up at the pharmacy a good six hours after it was...
by Jamie Notter | Dec 31, 2014 | Announcements
I wasn’t expecting 2014 to be a real transition year (I thought that’s what I had last year, actually, when I went back out on my own), but as soon as Maddie and I decided to launch a joint consulting firm together (Culture That Works LLC), our new...
by Jamie Notter | Dec 30, 2014 | Culture, Leadership, Managing People
One of my idols is Gary Hamel, and he declared this year that bureaucracy must die. I’m sure he’ll get a lot of support for that sentiment, since we have been hating bureaucracy since we invented the word (it has ALWAYS had a pejorative undertone), and we...
