Jamie Notter Blog
Thank You
We can officially declare our new book, Humanize, to be launched! I got my author copies last week, as shown in the picture, and it is now in stock at Amazon (still "pre-order" for some reason on Barnes and Noble), and I know you can download it in iBooks and for...
Ebook Versions of Humanize Now Available
I have to admit, I've been a bit like a kid the week before Christmas waiting for the launch of our book, Humanize. Maddie and I worked really, really hard on it, and we're proud of our efforts, and these last few weeks while the book is at the printers have been...
The Beauty of Competing Narratives
In Chapter 3 of Humanize, we make the case that organizations, in general, are not adapting fast enough to our changing times. And we don't pull any punches. We actually say that best practices are "evil." We suggest (citing well-researched books that say the same...
Word of the Day: Amplify
I give credit to Shelly Alcorn and her Association Subculture blog for triggering this post. She wrote a post about "volume," referring to a very cool video of George Carlin. Carlin talked about how, later in his career, he learned to "raise his voice"--not literally,...
Rethinking Measurement
Thanks to David Patt, whose comment on an Acronym post pointed me to a really good article by Matthew Forti about measurement for nonprofits. The Acronym post was from Scott Briscoe, building off of Joe Rominiecki's notion of "loveable losers," those programs...
Helping Wounded Soldiers
Yes, it's that time of year again when I ask for your help. Although this is the first year (in the last ten!) that I will NOT be doing all four days of our annual "Ride Allegheny" bike ride from Pittsburgh to DC. With the book coming out at just about the same time,...
Love and Power
So here's something fairly deep to think about. Nilofer Merchant wrote an interesting blog post last week that told a story about when she was at a rather high-powered networking event a few years ago and was "between opportunities" at the time. It sparked an...
A Good Conversation About Inclusion
Last week Jeffrey Cufaude wrote a post about a struggle he was having--a struggle with being one of four totally awesome people selected for a conference panel who all happened to be white. He struggled because it seems like the perfect opportunity to demonstrate the...
Book Review: The Corporate Culture Survival Guide
The Corporate Culture Survival Guide: Sense and Nonsense About Culture Change by Edgar Schein Jossey-Bass, 1999 Clients often come to me knowing that something needs to change in order to achieve better performance, but they just aren’t sure what. The specific answer...