Jamie Notter Blog
Learning and Change
As I mentioned last week on the SocialFish blog, social organizations are serious about learning. Not just learning at conferences, but deep organizational learning. While I doubt there are many who would argue against me on that (who's going to say that learning...
Humanize Available for Pre-Order
I am not sure if it is bad luck to buy a book before you have actually finished writing it, but if so, I'm too late! The book that Maddie Grant and I have been writing for the last six months is almost done (we're finishing up the last couple of chapters in...
Book Review: The New How: Creating Business Solutions Through Collaborative Strategy
Joe Gerstandt first connected me to the work of Nilofer Merchant, so I started following her on Twitter and reading what she was writing on the Harvard Business Review blog. Then a few weeks ago I finally ordered her book, because it connects to the writing I'm...
Inclusion Brings Change
I was at a gathering of association folks on Monday, and the topic turned to generational differences. I was all excited to share some of the knowledge that I have on that topic (by the way, I have recently priced my Generations book more appropriately as an...
Tomorrow’s Organizations Today (Slides)
Thanks to everyone who came to my session at the AAFP Annual Leadership Forum to hear me talk about creating tomorrow's organizations today. Feel free to download a PDF of the slides. (UPDATE: I fixed the link. Sorry about that!)
Tomorrow's Organizations Today (Slides)
Thanks to everyone who came to my session at the AAFP Annual Leadership Forum to hear me talk about creating tomorrow's organizations today. Feel free to download a PDF of the slides. (UPDATE: I fixed the link. Sorry about that!)
Power of A Awards
I just saw that they extended the deadline for the Power of A awards to this Friday, so I thought I'd give them a little plug. About three years ago I took over as Executive Director for a small association in the DC area representing the remodeling industry. One...
Conflict and Online Communities
Maddie posted last week about the survey currently being administered by the nonprofit, Civlination, for online community managers. Civilination is about stopping online hostility and bullying so everyone's voice can be heard. They want to get as many community...
What if We Let People Be Themselves?
I've been working on the book (shocker!) and one of the sections I've been working on lately has to do with authenticity. Human organizations love authenticity. It's part of what makes them trustworthy. They love it when their employees fly their own individual freak...