Jamie Notter Blog
Smart Is as Dumb Does?
Guy Kawasaki has another gem on his blog. This one is about why smart companies do dumb things. First, let me just highlight the importance of the topic. We like being smart. We spend a lot of time getting smart and proving to others that we are smart. The problem...
Five Things We Must Change
I am very excited about the positive reactions we have been getting from people who have read our new book. Jesse Wilkins posted a review of the book on his blog, and then was kind enough to post the review on the Lulu site (we're looking for other reactions on the...
People Issues and Diversity
There is an interesting article in Associations Now this month. It is particularly interesting to me because there is a lot in it that I strongly agree with, and other points that I pretty strongly disagree with. I rarely get that in an article. It’s an article by...
Article about Staff Meetings
The story about staff meetings reminded me that I wrote an article about staff meetings a while back that I forgot to post on my website. I wrote a piece titled "Reinventing Staff Meetings" as a resource for the Association Forum of Chicagoland’s CEOnly...
Reinventing Staff Meetings
Here is another article from this month’s Forum magazine that mirrors one I wrote in the Always Done It That Way book and blog. This one is on staff meetings. Now, unlike the teambuilding article, I agree with many of the basic points the author makes in his article:...
Building Teams or Playing Games?
There is a lot of content to comment about in this month’s Forum magazine (Association Forum of Chicagoland), and some of it is pushing my buttons. Particularly the article about teambuilding. The article argues that fun and interesting team building exercises (ropes...
Guy Kawasaki’s Real World
I’m still catching up with blogs after ignoring them for a week while I was at the annual meeting. There was a good post by Guy Kawasaki I want to point out, though. Since it’s back to school time, he wrote a list of things college students need to understand before...
Guy Kawasaki's Real World
I’m still catching up with blogs after ignoring them for a week while I was at the annual meeting. There was a good post by Guy Kawasaki I want to point out, though. Since it’s back to school time, he wrote a list of things college students need to understand before...
Planned versus Winging It
Okay, I'm back from the ASAE & The Center Annual Meeting in Boston. I did not have the time or energy to post while I was there, and I really only went to one baseball game, I swear. I was pleased with the conflict session that I did, although I discovered that...