by Jamie Notter | Jul 11, 2013 | Culture, Strategy
In Monday’s post I talked about Rita Gunther McGrath’s HBR article on Transient Advantage. She suggests that in today’s fast-paced, ever-changing world, companies should not be looking for a sustained competitive advantage, but should instead be...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 9, 2013 | Announcements, Humanize
Next week I am speaking at an Australian Association Conference. Unfortunately, this doesn’t mean I’ll be in Australia (though for the record, I am still trying to make that happen sometime in the next year!). I’ll be speaking (via the magic of the...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 8, 2013 | Strategy
Go out and find a copy of the June Harvard Business Review Magazine (sorry, I know it’s old news now, but there must be some out there!). The cover spotlight is on “Strategy for Turbulent Times” and the first article in that section is by Rita...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 1, 2013 | Announcements
I’m on vacation this week at the beach. So I reserve the right not to publish any more blog posts (this one was pre-scheduled, of course). Or maybe I’ll post some non-traditional stuff, who knows? But I’m planning to relax a bit. Maybe not think so...
by Jamie Notter | Jun 28, 2013 | Books and Reading, Culture, Humanize
This idea is drawn from Ed Schein’s work on corporate culture, and it made it into Chapter 4 of Humanize (p. 68): First, cultures are inherently stable. Because they are built upon thoughts and assumptions that are taken for granted, cultures are hard to change....
