Jamie Notter Blog
Leadership and Intention
Ben Martin made a very brief post a while ago about becoming a leader by simply being yourself. It sparked an interesting comment thread, in which I make several points. The bulk of my part of the discussion was distinguishing between emulating people you see as good...
Do You Want Distinctive or Good?
Chip and Dan Heath now have a “Made to Stick” column in Fast Company (that’s the title of their book). June’s edition talks about word of mouth marketing and how products can be interesting enough to command a “conversation.” As great as the Ritz Carlton is, they...
It Takes 40 Years to Discover Poetry?
Last Sunday was my 40th birthday. I made no big deal of this. No party. I was out of town, in fact. But I will admit that being on this side of that birthday feels more “different” than I thought it would. I did get a chance to have a quiet brunch with some family...
You Don't Always Have to be Right
Another article in Associations Now this month covers a series of “mindsets” that futurist John Naisbitt is writing about. They are lenses for interpreting the world, and he recommends leaders use many of them, rather than being stuck in any one. My favorite is...
You Don’t Always Have to be Right
Another article in Associations Now this month covers a series of “mindsets” that futurist John Naisbitt is writing about. They are lenses for interpreting the world, and he recommends leaders use many of them, rather than being stuck in any one. My favorite is...
Strategic Planning Horror Stories
My friend Jeff and I are writing a book about strategy work in associations. One of our main points is that strategic planning is not only dead--it's actually killing us. As such, we are looking for stories from people who have wasted serious time in the name of...
The Blogoclump Grows!
Just to prove that Ben Martin is not the only one who can discover new blogging talent, I point everyone to Keitha Ann Hatfield's blog. She works for the Texas Association for Home Care in Austin, and her blog is called "Association Learning Experiences."...
The Next Level of Teambuilding
Scott Briscoe in Associations Now interviewed Deborah Ancona, an MIT Management professor, who has a new book out about teams. I had heard of Ancona only in an article in HBR about distributed leadership, but I really liked it, so I was glad to see she’s got a book...
Going Deep on a Friday
On some of the listserves I follow, Friday is considered a day when it is okay to post things that are funny or frivolous. So why not make it the day to post things that are deep, too? Sometimes it feels like it’s all we can muster just to make it through our...