Jamie Notter Blog
Understanding What Drives Your Behavior
Thanks to Jeff De Cagna for pointing out this interesting article by venture capitalist Paul Graham about "managers schedule" versus "makers schedule." By "maker" he is referring to people like software programmers and writers. They...
Vacation Poetry
Change at the BeachBy Jamie Notter As I eclipse the dune The reality hits me: The beach has changed. Inlet shifted. Tide lines moved. Landscape altered. Wise locals nod knowingly To the great storm That means nothing to me. I only know my beach has...
Transparency, Clarity, and Trust (and Truth)
John Maeda and Becky Bermont (from the Rhode Island School of Design) wrote a nice blog post about transparency and clarity.I've written about transparency before, suggesting, as some others have, that radical transparency would have value. I have implied on more...
Get My Generational Ebook for Free
I am feeling generous and have decided to give away my ebook on Generational Diversity in the Workplace for free, at least for a limited time. I wrote the book in 2007. It's about 60 pages and it covers the basics of generational differences and then talks about how...
Recognizing Respect
I noticed in my Google Analytics the other day that one of the most popular keywords for finding my blog is the phrase "what does respect look like." I did a brief post on that in October 2007, pointing out that when I facilitate, the group frequently asks...
Honoring the Freak Flag
My friend Joe Gerstandt is a proud purveyor of the freak flag. I've been reading Joe's stuff for a while now (and it's awesome, by the way), and I will admit that the first few times he made reference to the freak flag, I was a bit confused. I figured it...
The Downside of Control: Brittle
Smart guy Joe Gerstandt referred me to another smart guy, Dave Pollard, who wrote an interesting blog post about groups actually resolving their own inadequacies (wouldn't that be nice?!). In the post, he talks about complex adaptive systems: Nature's way of 'dealing'...
It’s All About Trust
Charles Seybold writes a project management blog. Apparently the other day he went to an nifty little workshop filled with startup CEOs and they talked about how to build an effective organizational culture. He was struck by how much the conversation focused on...
It's All About Trust
Charles Seybold writes a project management blog. Apparently the other day he went to an nifty little workshop filled with startup CEOs and they talked about how to build an effective organizational culture. He was struck by how much the conversation focused on...