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...
by Jamie Notter | Sep 11, 2018 | Change, Culture
In the third phase of our work with culture consulting clients, we help them develop a “playbook” of action steps that will start to intentionally bring their culture in greater alignment with what makes them successful as an organization. When they get to this stage,...
by Jamie Notter | Aug 17, 2018 | Culture, Innovation
I have to be honest here—I’m usually annoyed by economists. From my perspective, they tend to go overboard with logic and the notion that people are primarily driven by self-interest, because I think it strays just a little from the reality of being human. That being...
by Jamie Notter | Aug 9, 2018 | Collaboration, Culture, Leadership, Transparency
Nearly every organization we work with confronts an important question at some point in their culture journey: Should they strive for one, uniform culture? Or should they let multiple cultures develop inside the organization? The answer (as frustrating as this can be)...
