by Jamie Notter | Jan 22, 2016 | Culture, Individual Development, Learning, Managing People, Technology
With all the talk of “big data,” I’m always amazed at the opportunities we squander to work with small data. I was working with a client recently that has a really strong culture. They’ve been working very hard at it for more than a year now,...
by Jamie Notter | Dec 21, 2015 | Culture, Individual Development, Managing People
I know that’s a blanket statement, and heck, I don’t even actually know what system YOU are using, right? But this is one of the areas in organizations where everyone does it the way everyone else does it, DESPITE significant research suggesting what...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 5, 2015 | Culture, Individual Development
This post appeared originally on the Switch and Shift blog. It is a commonly accepted truth that having people leave your organization (voluntarily or involuntarily) is a bad thing. At best, people would consider it a necessary evil. After all, we all know 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 | Jan 12, 2015 | Generational Diversity, Individual Development
We had a particularly cold week last week here in the D.C. area–down into the low teens at night and highs in the 20s. That’s not normal for this area, where high temperatures, even in January, average above 40 degrees. Fortunately, I work from home, so...
by Jamie Notter | Jan 7, 2015 | Change, Individual Development, Leadership
…the first thing you do, is stop digging. Don’t get in the way of your own progress. Your own behavior is actually the piece of the puzzle over which you have the most control, so take advantage of that. When faced with a problem, don’t rush to...
