by Jamie Notter | May 5, 2014 | Culture
Last week, Maddie and I visited Menlo Innovations, a software company in Ann Arbor, Michigan. You may remember my book review a couple of months ago of Joy, Inc., written by Rich Sheridan, the founder and CEO of Menlo. Menlo has been covered fairly extensively in the...
by Jamie Notter | Apr 29, 2014 | Culture, Leadership
That title is actually the polite version of some advice that Brian Chesky, the CEO of AirBnB, got from someone who had just given him $150 million in startup funding. What the VC actually said, was “Don’t fuck up the culture.” Chesky suggests that...
by Jamie Notter | Apr 28, 2014 | Culture, Individual Development
This is a guest post from Eric Lanke, the CEO of the National Fluid Power Association. How does an association executive build and sustain the culture of his organization? Specifically, what is his role versus others in the organization’s hierarchy? Conventional...
by Jamie Notter | Apr 21, 2014 | Culture, Leadership
I read a good article online about the founder’s role in setting the culture of a startup company. The article talks a lot about Facebook and Zuckerberg as an example, but I’ve seen this one first hand, and it’s been documented by other core writers...
by Jamie Notter | Apr 10, 2014 | Culture, Managing People
What do you do with that person in your organization who is incredibly smart, incredibly knowledgeable, and incredibly good at their job–but also has very negative behaviors like bullying others, constantly criticizing, hoarding information…(fill in the...
by Jamie Notter | Mar 17, 2014 | Books and Reading, Culture
Joy, Inc.: How We Built A Workplace People Love by Richard Sheridan Portfolio/Penguin, 2013 This book is by Richard Sheridan, who is the CEO of Menlo Innovations, a software company in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They’ve been covered by Inc., NPR and others, partly for...
