Jamie Notter Blog
Scaling Up Excellence (Review)
Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less By Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao Crown Business, 2014 I am particularly excited to review this book because I had the privilege to get an advance copy from the authors (it doesn't actually go on sale...
The Hard Work of Transparency
Transparency is one of the 12 human principles that Maddie and I wrote about in Humanize, and it's one I come back to frequently. Along with decentralization, collaboration, and experimentation, I'd put transparency in my "core four" principles on which organizations...
How Is Your Organization Like a BMW M5 Sedan?
Well, the comparison may not be as flattering as you think. A few years ago, the BMW M5 sedan came with a 500-horsepower, 10-cylinder engine and the best led headlight bulbs. That's practically NASCAR power. I had a friend who bought one and actually had to trade it...
There Is No Trust Without Risk
I make this point all the time in my speaking and consulting, yet I don't think I have ever blogged about it directly. We all want trust. We want to be able to trust our colleagues in the workplace, and we certainly want to be trusted by them. A "high-trust"...
Book Review: Small Giants
Small Giants: Companies that Choose to Be Great Instead of Big by Bo Burlingham Portfolio, 2005 As you can see, this is not a new book--bordering on 10 years old--but it's worth a review, because it has some really good ideas in it, backed by good research. The basic...
The Power of a Good Question
A couple of years ago I wrote a post about "moving toward the conflict." It's an important conflict resolution tip that I talk about in my sessions on conflict. It's almost always easier to deal with conflict when it is small, so when it first emerges, that's the time...
Five Culture Principles at Netflix
Netflix has received a good amount of attention on its culture, driven primarily by the incredible viral success of its slide deck on culture, which CEO Reed Hastings published several years ago. I have a chapter devoted to Netflix in my culture ebook, along with a...
The Connection between Freedom and Ownership
I read about an interesting study in HBR that concludes that noncompete agreements (standard in many employment contracts) can actually stifle performance. In short, knowing that they are restricted in future opportunities lowers employees' motivation and desire to...
Your Database Is Not Your Community (Friday Quote)
This edition of the Friday quote is not from Humanize--it's from Open Community: A Little Book of Big Ideas for Associations Navigating the Social Web, by Lindy Dreyer and Maddie Grant. This book came out in 2010 (a lifetime ago in social media years), and it never...