by Jamie Notter | Jan 31, 2012 | Change, Leadership
This weekend I taught a three-hour session on Systems to students in Georgetown’s Organization Development and Change Leadership Certificate program. I went through this program 11 years ago myself (though it didn’t have the “change leadership”...
by Jamie Notter | Jan 4, 2012 | Change, Individual Development
Maddie tagged me in a “how are you going to change the world in 2012” meme in a blog post last week. She was inspired by this post by Craig Newmark, and now she’s asked a whole host of us to talk about what we’re going to do in 2012 and how...
by Jamie Notter | Dec 12, 2011 | Change, Leadership, Managing People
I suppose that sounds obvious, but when I talk to people about changing the way they lead and manage organizations, I’m not so sure it’s that obvious. Instead, there seems to be a default assumption that in the future, management will look roughly like it...
by Jamie Notter | Dec 1, 2011 | Books and Reading, Change
A few weeks ago, Maddie and I were interviewed about Humanize by Les McKeown. Les is a best-selling author of a book titled Predictable Success, and we were interviewed for his blog. I was really impressed with him during the interview. His questions were intelligent...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 13, 2011 | Change, Humanize, Managing People
Everybody hates organizational silos. They are a problem. They get in the way. They need to be “busted.” And to some extent, I agree. The way our different departments seem to erect walls separating them from each other can definitely cause problems. What...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 10, 2011 | Books and Reading, Change
I have had the book Race for Relevance: 5 Radical Changes for Associations for a couple of months now, wanting to do a review here in the blog. I struggled a bit, though, because I am of two minds about the book. There is a lot in this book I really like. Coerver and...
