by Jamie Notter | Aug 23, 2013 | Books and Reading, Humanize, Learning
That is perhaps my favorite single quote in all of Humanize. It was a one-sentence paragraph in Chapter 3 (p. 34): “There is just one problem. Best practices are evil.” To be honest, I think most people skip over the page-and-a-half that explains it,...
by Jamie Notter | Aug 21, 2013 | Humanize, Leadership
Get a copy of IBM’s recent report on research they did with CEOs (hat tip to SmartBrief for pointing me there). I promise to do some more specific blog posts about it, because it has some important material in there, but I’ll just start with a collection...
by Jamie Notter | Aug 16, 2013 | Books and Reading, Culture, Humanize, Inclusion and Diversity
In Monday’s post, I reflected about the ASAE Annual Meeting and how some of the sub-communities seemed to be operating in separate circles. My underlying concern in that post is that we’re eliminating a critical component in our broader community by...
by Jamie Notter | Aug 13, 2013 | Change, Humanize, Social Media
IBM is a leader in social business, and I like how their latest report frames the opportunities for companies who want to go in this direction. Based on their research, companies that are doing this are using social business to do three things: Create valued customer...
by Jamie Notter | Aug 8, 2013 | Culture, Humanize
I had the great honor this week to present with Robert Barnes of Fitness Australia this week at the ASAE Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA. We talked about the work both he and I have done to strengthen the culture at his organization, though I will admit fully he has...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 31, 2013 | Announcements, Culture, Humanize
That’s what Robert Barnes did. Rob’s the General Manager at Fitness Australia (and my one and only Guest Poster here on this blog so far!), and he and I will be speaking this weekend at ASAE’s Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. Rob’s leading...
