by Jamie Notter | Sep 9, 2008 | Individual Development, Leadership
I’ve made reference in a few different blog posts (here recently and here from the Association Renewal blog) to my concern about our society’s obsession with answers. Patti Digh recently referred me to this blog post about it as well, where a Canadian...
by Jamie Notter | Aug 28, 2008 | Individual Development, Leadership, Social Media
Maddie Grant put up a stupendous post on the first day of the ASAE Annual Meeting in San Diego. She did a session in San Diego, and it was her first time speaking, and in preparation she discovered an equally super post from Chris Brogan that gave some guidelines for...
by Jamie Notter | Jun 20, 2008 | Individual Development, Leadership
I had a great conversation with a good friend of mine yesterday. He’s a client and an association exec and someone I like to talk shop with because he’s not afraid to push back and call it like he sees it. This time he was pushing back on my recent post...
by Jamie Notter | Jun 19, 2008 | Conflict, Individual Development
Lisa Junker (of Acronym) left a great comment on my last post about Assumptions and Complexity:Great post, Jamie! And great advice. It’s something I’ve been thinking about lately myself, so I’d offer one addendum: Be aware of your assumptions, and...
by Jamie Notter | Jun 16, 2008 | Conflict, Individual Development, Managing People
Michelle Carter has an interesting post about being open minded versus closed minded. It emerged from a job description she saw that required candidates to be open minded (who, exactly, would ever claim they are closed minded?). At the end she talks about being able...
by Jamie Notter | Jun 12, 2008 | Generational Diversity, Individual Development, Managing People
The February 2008 HBR also had their annual list of “breakthrough ideas.” John Seely Brown and Douglas Thomas wrote about the “Gamer Disposition.” Although they don’t mention it, this has been cited as a generational issue. Authors have...