Jamie Notter Blog
Are Your Meetings Like Golf or Hockey?
One of my favorite books that cuts across two of my favorite topics (truth and conflict) is Michael Roberto's Why Leaders Don't Take Yes for An Answer. He is the source of the definition I often use of consensus: it's not universal agreement--it is a combination of a...
Playing Small Doesn’t Serve You or the World
I had the great misfortune to be doing my own presentation at Great Ideas while the Ignite sessions were going on, which is too bad, because I heard they were awesome. Fortunately, they were recorded on video so I've been able to watch some, most notably the...
Playing Small Doesn't Serve You or the World
I had the great misfortune to be doing my own presentation at Great Ideas while the Ignite sessions were going on, which is too bad, because I heard they were awesome. Fortunately, they were recorded on video so I've been able to watch some, most notably the...
Stop Making it Worse
In my March e-newsletter, the question of the month was, basically, "What are you going to stop doing?" I have loved this theme for a long time (maybe Jim Collins was the first time I remember it being presented clearly?), but it came up twice at Great Ideas last...
The Truth About Boards: Slides and Handouts
Okay, I am home from Great Ideas, and as I promised the attendees in my session, here are the handouts and the slides from the session. The handouts are actually the same as the session I did at ASAE's annual meeting last year, which is a copy of the cover story I...
A Great Idea: The Truth About Boards
This coming Sunday I will be speaking at the ASAE Great Ideas Conference in Colorado Springs. I love this conference and haven't missed one yet. I have been speaking at them quite regularly now, and I like pushing the edge of the envelope with sessions here. Two...
Do you want to make a point, or make some change?
Nearly six years ago I blogged about Gordon MacKenzie's awesome book, Orbiting the Giant Hairball. It is such an amazing book, I wanted to draw attention to it again. The title comes from MacKenzie's idea that organizations and bureaucracies are like giant...
Conflict Resolution Tip: Move Toward the Conflict
Generally speaking, conflict makes us uncomfortable. This is more true for some than others, but based on years of observing this in various fields, I easily recognize the pattern now. A conflict emerges. Two people on the same work team who thought things were going...
Innovation Matters
If you haven't already, please look at the interesting dialogue between Jeff De Cagna and Eric Lanke about innovation. Eric is on the Board of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives and is involved in their innovation task force. Jeff is a consultant...