by Jamie Notter | May 21, 2014 | Conflict, Culture, Inclusion and Diversity
As I mentioned in last week’s post, Maddie and I spoke last week to some very different audiences–one made up of technology folks from some very large, global companies, and the other made up of mostly association executives from very small organizations....
by Jamie Notter | May 20, 2014 | Change, Culture
Guest post, by Amanda Kaiser Kodak, once a $10 billion dollar company, failed. Just when they needed to innovate the most, they focused on optimization instead. Innovation and optimization are at either ends of the spectrum. It’s hard to do both. The most innovative...
by Jamie Notter | May 19, 2014 | Announcements, Culture
Thanks to the Kansas City Society of Association Executives and the Kansas Society of Association Executives for bringing Maddie and me out to both Missouri and Kansas (my first ever trip to Kansas) to speak to their members. My part of the presentation was about...
by Jamie Notter | May 15, 2014 | Change, Culture, Learning, Truth
Just a quick post to remind everyone of a universal lesson: the grass is always greener on the other side. This week I’ve made presentations to some very different audiences. One group was made up of managers at really huge companies, some of whom have 100,000...
by Jamie Notter | May 14, 2014 | Change, Culture, Managing People
When I speak about culture change, inevitably the audience (or more specifically, the organizer) is looking for something practical, that they can take home and apply right away. This can be a challenge when it comes to culture change, which is by its nature a complex...
by Jamie Notter | May 7, 2014 | Change, Culture
Take six minutes to watch this TED talk given by General Stanley McChrystal, in which he makes the case for sharing information, rather than keeping it secret. He worked for years leading the fight against Al Qaeda in Iraq, and he said that THE biggest factor in the...
