by Jamie Notter | Mar 23, 2012 | Books and Reading
I just stumbled on Diego Rodriguez’s blog (hat tip to Bob Sutton) called metacool. Diego is a partner at IDEO and his blog is a must read for incorporating design thinking into what you do (according to Fast Company, anyway, and I’m seeing their point)....
by Jamie Notter | Mar 5, 2012 | Books and Reading, Social Media
Joe Gerstandt and Jason Lauritsen are two of my favorite people. They are consultants and speakers (like me), and they work around issues of diversity, HR, organization development (also like me). But that’s not why I like them. I like them because they are...
by Jamie Notter | Feb 9, 2012 | Books and Reading, Humanize
Have you heard the buzz about Pinterest yet? It’s one of those new social sites that will either be the next big thing or something nobody remembers in six months. But it is a nice interface, and it turns out to be a great way for me to do something that has...
by Jamie Notter | Feb 3, 2012 | Books and Reading, Humanize
At one level, getting a book published is a fairly scripted process. You write it, you publicize the heck out of it, you speak on it, and, if all goes well, a bunch of people buy it. Thousands of authors/publishers do this (in roughly the same way) every single year....
by Jamie Notter | Jan 10, 2012 | Books and Reading
As authors Pfeffer and Sutton point out, there are nearly 2,000 books published each year, just in the “Business” category. There is no shortage of knowledge out there at our fingertips: knowledge about the best management practices, the best strategies, the best...
by Jamie Notter | Dec 9, 2011 | Books and Reading, Humanize
I’ve been pleased with the reviews that have been coming in on Humanize so far. We’ve got 11 on Amazon to date (but feel free to add one!), and a host of blog reviews as well. Most of them are from folks who know Maddie or me pretty well, and it certainly...