Jamie Notter Blog
Hype is Always Negative
I watched this TED talk yesterday, given by John McWorter, who is a linguist. The talk (only 13 minutes, definitely worth it) explains why the younger generation, with their penchant for text messaging, is NOT proof that our world is going to heck in a handbasket, as...
Where Proof Can Really Hurt Us
At a conference the other day, Jeff De Cagna was making a presentation about ways in which the association community needs to think differently. He was covering topics from his ebook, Associations Unorthodox. I liked some of his provocations, including transforming...
The Lighter Side
I do my fair share of serious presentations at conferences, as does my friend and colleague, Jeff De Cagna. But last week at the CalSAE annual meeting, we had the opportunity to do a five minute ignite presentation, and we decided to lighten it up a bit. Enjoy (click...
Events Next Week
I will be in San Francisco all of next week, which will include two different speaking events. The first will be on Tuesday, April 16th, and it's a public event being put on by the Bay Area Organization Development Network. I'll be talking about what social business...
Leadership Lessons from Moving
So I moved this weekend, leaving what has been the family home for more than 17 years, and downsizing to a three-bedroom apartment that is more suitable for me and my three teenagers. Like everyone, I hate the process of moving. It is thoroughly exhausting, and as you...
Building Strategic Capacity
Coming up with a good strategy is hard enough, but once you do, you'll often discover that it's just the beginning. That wonderful strategic direction that you've identified has some strings attached. Like the fact that you don't currently have staff who actually know...
Anarchists in the Boardroom
I love to see other people run with the same ideas we wrote about in Humanize, and Liam Barrington-Bush is one of those people. He's working on a book, titled Anarchists in the Board Room, which applies not only the principles of social media to how we run...
The Increasing Importance of Internal Collaboration
A few weeks ago I wrote about a "window of opportunity" that organizational leaders have now. In short, "social business" (integrating social tools and principles into the way you lead and manage organizations) is not fully here yet, but it's coming, so now is the...
We Shouldn’t Coddle Our Leaders
Leaders are an interesting bunch. And by "leaders," in this case, I'm referring to the people at the top of the organizational chart. The C-suite folks. Generally speaking they're impressive people. They've done a lot to move up the ranks to their position. They're...