Jamie Notter Blog
Dream Big
Hugh Macleod posted an interesting video to his blog. He does marketing for Stormhoek wine, from South Africa, and they recently did a release party for a new wine in the small town of Alpine, Texas, where Hugh now lives. Specifically, they did it at Harry's...
New Blog on Generations and Leadership
Several weeks ago, Eric Lanke, who is the Executive Director of the National Fluid Power Association, reached out to me with an idea to start a dialogue. Like me, Eric is a Generation X leader who has noticed that most of the conversation about generations seems to be...
Be Curious (Because Learning Means More to You Than It Did to the Cat)
Social media has been a topic on my radar recently, mostly because I was at ASAE & The Center's Technology conference in January. And every time the conversation gets going about social media, I notice that quite a few people seem to get angry or passionate....
Freedom Is Not Comfortable
Freedom is quite obviously a good thing. Everyone wants it, and I think most would argue that we all deserve it. We deserve to be free.The most common story about freedom is of an oppressed group struggling for, and finally attaining freedom, so in general I think we...
Learning at Technology Conference
I spent the last two days at the ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership Technology Conference. In the "old days" (a couple of years ago) I enjoyed going to this conference mostly because as a blogger I could connect with my colleagues who were...
Wake Up
Good leadership (wherever you are in the organization) requires a greater level of awareness. Awareness of yourself, of the situation, of the history, of the dynamics, of the trends, of the organization's capacity, etc. Borrowing from Peter Senge, I define...
Generations and Learning Style
In my last post I told a story that talked about the younger generation and asking questions. I put out there the possibility that at least some members of the younger generation might think that asking questions in a group setting was "rude" and they...
Is Asking Questions Rude?
I had an interesting conversation with a colleague who is my age (42) but works with a group of 25-year-olds. It provided much food for thought about generational diversity.She had brought in a financial expert to do a presentation to her staff about their 401k...
Branding: I Need Convincing
I need some help here. I know that there are a ton of very, very smart people who are involved in "branding," so I assume that branding must be a good thing. But when I hear it discussed, I'm not convinced. So please, branding people, can you answer some...