by Jamie Notter | Nov 16, 2015 | Culture, Humanize, Truth
Although every organization is unique, nearly all of them share a core approach that is based in one, single field: Engineering. Consider this simple definition of engineering: Engineering combines the fields of science and maths to solve real world problems that...
by Jamie Notter | Sep 29, 2015 | Culture, Humanize, Inclusion and Diversity, Individual Development
It is with some sadness that I acknowledge that “authenticity” is a buzzword. If you google “authenticity at work,” you’ll find that most of the posts on the first page are offering the COUNTER-point–that authenticity isn’t as...
by Jamie Notter | Nov 20, 2014 | Culture, Generational Diversity, Humanize
After my keynote last year for Sitrion’s client conference, I sat down with Daniel Kraft, their super-smart CEO, and chatted about culture and human organizations. Check it out; it’s about 6 minutes long (if you can’t see the video below, then click...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 11, 2014 | Books and Reading, Humanize, Truth
In Chapter 5 of Humanize, we actually go back a few centuries in our analysis, pointing out that the entire western world has been looking at the universe in a very mechanistic way since the 1600s, and we have Sir Isaac Newton and his contemporaries to blame. They...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 9, 2014 | Change, Humanize, Leadership
One of the main points that I make in my keynote speeches these days is that we are currently standing in the neutral zone between two distinct eras of leadership and management. The old era started in the early 1900s, as we ramped up the industrial age, and for the...
by Jamie Notter | May 13, 2014 | Generational Diversity, Humanize
A generation lasts roughly twenty years. This corresponds to a rough measurement of “life stages” as well (0-19 is youth, 20 to 39 is early adult, 40 to 59 is midlife adult, and 60 to 79 is elder). Not all authors and researchers on generations hold true...
