by Jamie Notter | Mar 10, 2008 | Individual Development, Leadership, Social Media
I liked Ben Martin’s writing about fear, and Jeff’s post about it being time to move on. They made simple and, I think, powerful arguments that the objections that are frequently raised about the risks of social media are quite easily managed. But it...
by Jamie Notter | Mar 3, 2008 | Leadership, Social Media
In case you stopped following the comment thread on my "Myth of Control" post, there was an interesting addition lately. Randy, an association CEO, posted a lengthy and interesting comment. I point to it for a couple of reasons. First, YES there are CEOs who...
by Jamie Notter | Feb 29, 2008 | Conflict, Leadership, Managing People
I haven’t read the article yet, but Ann Oliveri pointed me to the cover story in Fast Company magazine about Google and this great quote:"We argue about strategy and whether our products are good or bad, whether we’re building the right stuff. We...
by Jamie Notter | Feb 20, 2008 | Individual Development, Leadership
Several cross-sections of my life seem to be intersecting this week around the theme of "paradox." Here are two of the dictionary.com definitions of the word, paradox:1. a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality...
by Jamie Notter | Feb 18, 2008 | Leadership
I ran across this on Seth Godin’s blog:It’s really easy to insist that people read the friggin manual. It’s really easy to blame the user/student/prospect/customer for not trying hard, for being too stupid to get it or for not caring enough to pay...
by Jamie Notter | Feb 7, 2008 | Leadership
Okay, I can’t keep up with the comments on the "Myth of Control" post. Thanks to everyone for the conversation! And thanks to Jeff, Maddie, and Lisa for posting about it on your own blogs. The dialogue in the comments is really great, so I encourage...