Jamie Notter Blog

None of us would think it’s okay to close your eyes for a while when you’re driving—we know that would end up badly. Yet most of us are willing to ignore our organizational culture for years on end because we are “too busy.” But culture does not stop evolving just...

I’m hearing a lot of senior leaders frustrated right now by the recruiting process. It’s hard to find good people, and the longer it takes, the more their remaining staff are getting burned out from working short-staffed. In an environment like this, culture becomes...

One of the biggest challenges organizations have when it comes to developing culture is that when push comes to shove, culture takes a back seat. You want to push that culture change project forward, but sales were off last quarter, so everyone focuses on sales. Or we...

Culture management is the set of systems and processes an organization has in place to design and continuously maintain and strengthen its workplace culture. Culture is just like finances. It’s a critical aspect of business health, so it should be intentionally...

I’ve heard it a lot over the last two years—conflict is on the rise in organizations since we all went remote. Part of it must be the general stress that everyone is feeling, with a global pandemic, incendiary politics, and now, just for good measure, a war. All this...

If you are serious about doing real diversity, equity, and inclusion work inside your organization, then there are certain culture requirements that go along with it. Here’s the formula. If you want to EXPLORE DE&I concepts (productive internal conversations),...

In general, I think conventional wisdom overstates the importance of the top of the organization when it comes to designing and managing culture (just Google “culture starts at the top” to get that perspective). The truth is, culture exists at every level of the...

One of the biggest lessons in both business and life is that removing barriers or impediments to progress is typically much more effective than pushing harder or trying to leap over the obstacles. Instead of adding things to your “to do” list, try creating a “stop...

One of the benefits of being part of a family of companies is that I am now “related” to a large number of super smart people, and I get to hang out with them on a regular basis. Case in point, the other day I hopped onto a call with Rick Bawcum, CEO of Cimatri, a...