Yesterday I was interviewed by Michele Price on her Breakthrough Business Strategy internet radio show about our book, Humanize. In the conversation Michele asked about my background in conflict resolution and we talked a bit about how training in conflict resolution might be a good idea for people engaging in social media. I, of course, [...]
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Monday, December 19, Maddie and I will be interviewed by Michelle Price on her “Breakthrough Business Strategies” radio program, talking about our Humanize book. You’ll be able to listen either online or on the phone, and I think you can submit questions via twitter, using the hashtag #BBSradio. And if you haven’t picked up your [...]
Continue ReadingDuncan Watts has a great blog post on HBR that talks about the Occupy Wall Street movement. Specifically, he has noticed how perplexed many of us are by the fact that the movement itself has no single, identifiable leader. How can it continue without someone to set a direction and lead the people there? Interestingly, [...]
Continue ReadingI’ve been pleased with the reviews that have been coming in on Humanize so far. We’ve got 11 on Amazon to date (but feel free to add one!), and a host of blog reviews as well. Most of them are from folks who know Maddie or me pretty well, and it certainly makes me happy [...]
Continue ReadingThat is the topic of a session I will be delivering at ASAE’s Technology Conference next week. As you may have guessed, I will be drawing heavily on the Humanize book for this one. In fact, this will be the first in-person presentation on the book for the association crowd. We’re told they will also [...]
Continue ReadingCheck out this awesome presentation about integrating learning and work. This is precisely along the same lines as what Maddie and I talk about in Humanize. The fourth human element we talk about is Courageous. In creating a more courageous organization, the cultural aspect is “learning.” Learning needs to be baked in at the cultural [...]
Continue ReadingHere’s the problem with committees: They exist. I’m only partially joking here. This comes from a comment I left on a post on Eric Lanke’s blog (which, by the way, has shifted from the Hourglass blog to simply “Eric Lanke,” so be sure to switch your subscription). He had written about an experience he had [...]
Continue ReadingWhenever I get some time to think deeply about things related to the workplace, like how do we make work better, or what is leadership, or what is management, then I end up inescapably coming to the conclusion that is the title of this post: We have no idea what we’re doing. Sorry to be [...]
Continue ReadingMaddie and I were recently interviewed by George Breden of TMA Resources about our book, Humanize. George does a weekly video news show for TMA Resources, called Association Tech News. This week’s edition includes a brief clip from the interview, but they also posted the whole thing (embedded below). It’s about 10 minutes long and [...]
Continue ReadingIn case you missed it, I got the cover on the September/October issue of Associations Now magazine with an article about the main concepts in Humanize. “We Are Not Machines” makes the basic argument for creating more human organizations, which is quite different from the organizations we have today that were based on the machine [...]
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Jamie is a Vice President at MSP where he leads the consulting division. 
