Getting Serious About Collaboration

by | Apr 5, 2012 | Humanize, Managing People

Collaboration is a bit of a buzzword these days. It is often that magic result we seek as we adopt a new technology solution or try to get employees to play nicely together in the sandbox. It’s a feel-good word. We all like it and if we attach the word to...

Deep Dive on Humanize

by | Mar 20, 2012 | Announcements, Humanize

Next week is ASAE’s Great Ideas Conference, and Maddie and I are doing a “deep dive” session on Humanize on Sunday afternoon (after the opening General Session). A “deep dive” is a three-hour session, and I’m glad ASAE has started...

Preparing for an Entirely New Economy

by | Mar 9, 2012 | Change, Humanize

This article by Steve Denning on Forbes.com really hit me. Much of it cites Joe Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize winning economist who has an article in Vanity Fair that argues our current economic downturn isn’t just a cyclical dip, but the mark of a significant...

Making Your Business More Agile

by | Mar 2, 2012 | Change, Humanize

I spoke this week at Avectra’s User and Developer Conference (AUDC). It was awesome conference. I can’t even put my finger on it entirely, but the energy and learning and interactions all seemed…accelerated somehow. Well done, Avectra! Anyway, on...

Humanize "Must Reads" on Pinterest

by | Feb 9, 2012 | Books and Reading, Humanize

Have you heard the buzz about Pinterest yet? It’s one of those new social sites that will either be the next big thing or something nobody remembers in six months. But it is a nice interface, and it turns out to be a great way for me to do something that has...

Start by Looking Inside

by | Feb 7, 2012 | Humanize, Leadership, Social Media

Edelman’s Annual “Trust Barometer” report is out. Maddie broke the news on SocialFishing, pointing out that trust in CEOs dropped precipitously (50% last year; 38% this year), where trust in the “regular employee” was up by a similar...
Jamie Notter