Creating Infections Engagement

That is the title of a class at Stanford Business School taught by Bob Sutton. Check out the description:DESCRIPTION: This class will immerse Stanford masters students in the practice and theory of spreading ideas that result in persistent behavioral changes. ...

The Myth of Control

I have one more reflection about the Technology Conference from last week. As Reggie pointed out in his post, the buzz was much more about web 2.0 than it was about traditional technology "tools." The keynote speakers and many of the concurrent session...

Your Organization versus a Penguin

I quite by accident stumbled across some notes I took when I read Seth Godin’s 2002 book Survival Is Not Enough today. This quote seems worth repeating:The difference between a penguin and your company is simple: while you both evolved to the point where you...

Create Your Own Competition

My favorite "great idea" that emerged from last week’s Great Ideas Conference, of course, did not come from one of the scheduled sessions. It was an informatil conversation during breakfast. One of the people at my table said that her association had...

Why Wait?

I was intrigued by a post on the Signals v. Noise blog today. Someone had asked them a question about how they resolved stalemates during their design process. Jason replied that they rarely have them because for most design decisions or changes, they simply do them....
Jamie Notter