Jamie Notter Blog
Engagement is Not About Being Happy
I was at a great session yesterday at the SXSW conference, moderated by William Tincup, on the subject of organizational culture. The official title was "Quantifying Workplace Happiness and Culture Fit," and the panelists talked a lot about culture, hiring for...
Why Another Book on Millennials?
Some of you may be wondering why Maddie and I thought the world needed another book about Millennials. It's a fair question, and we have a compelling answer, but it starts with a few questions for you about your organization: Do you have close to 100% engagement? I...
Launch Week Details
When Millennials Take Over is officially launching this week! Here's what's going on: Kindle version is live and on sale for only 99 cents! That price is for a limited time, obviously, so don't delay (and tell your friends!). Soon the price will go back to the regular...
Culture is Like Farming
Okay, I fully admit that I really don't know much about farming, and I'm relying more on a stylized/truck-commercial-version of farming, but bear with me here. A lot of organizations seem to put off the work of creating an intentional and strong culture. Their...
A Quick Note About Email Lists
Sorry for the boring admin post here, but I just wanted to point out that there are TWO ways to get information from me and my company, Culture That Works. The first is by getting each one of my blog post by email (if you're reading this in an email, then...
Figuring Out the Millennials as Consumers
Everybody wants to figure out the Millennials. There are a lot of reasons, but more and more it's coming down to purely mercenary ones. Since the Millennials are the largest generation ever, they are ultimately going to spend more than any other generation has. We're...
Does Your Culture Actually Work?
If you work on organizational culture, at some point or another you will focus on organizational values. I tend to use the word "valued," rather than "values" (see my video here for more on that), but either way, what we end up talking about are our aspirations. Our...
Does HR “Own” Culture?
Okay, HR, now's your chance to make your case as to why organizational culture is in your baileywick. Today at 1pm, Maddie and I are doing another edition of our new #CultureChat on Twitter, and the topic is HR's role in culture. (And if you're in HR, please help...
Zappos Experiment with Holacracy
(I published this post originally on LinkedIn) I came across the first account (that I have found, anyway) of Zappos' emerging experiment with the internal management system of Holacracy. Journalist Aimee Groth wrote a long and detailed account of how the rollout is...