Platforms and Secession

This month's case study in Associations Now is about a Board member who feels his Special Interest Group isn't getting enough attention/resources from the association, so he threatens to start his own association. My friends KiKi L'Italien and Jay Karen...

The Elitist Undertones of Leadership

Bob Corlett pointed me to an article by Henry Mintzberg that challenges the distinction between Leadership and Management. He argues that the financial crisis we are experiencing is at least partly due to "leaders" who considered themselves above the nitty...

Transparency, Clarity, and Trust (and Truth)

John Maeda and Becky Bermont (from the Rhode Island School of Design) wrote a nice blog post about transparency and clarity.I've written about transparency before, suggesting, as some others have, that radical transparency would have value. I have implied on more...
Jamie Notter