One Down…
Happy 2008 to everyone. It's leap year, so we have 366 days to work with this year. This one's down (and it was a day off). You've got 365 left. Please make every day count. You owe it both to yourself and all of us. I p ...
George M. Notter, Jr., FAIA, 1933-2007
On August 7, 1933, my father was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He always made a big deal of his humble beginnings, and how special it was for him to get a chance to go to Harvard, but by the time I knew him, it didn't s ...
Gift
Many thanks to Ben Martin for giving me an early Christmas gift by naming me as "Best Association Blogger for 2007." This is the second year in a row that I have taken home this award (and I will remind everyon ...
The "Duh" of Innovation
David Gammel did a nice post (referring to his conference presentation) about innovation last week, so I'm going to jump on that bandwagon. There is a story about learning organizations in MIT's Sloan Management Review, ...
The “Duh” of Innovation
David Gammel did a nice post (referring to his conference presentation) about innovation last week, so I'm going to jump on that bandwagon. There is a story about learning organizations in MIT's Sloan Management Review, ...
Are Surveys Evil?
I am slowly catching up with blog posts after my travel last week, but I have to point to what is among my top 5 favorite posts of the year: Chris Bailey's suggestion that Employee Surveys are tools of the Devil! Amen! I ...
Create Your Own Competition
My favorite "great idea" that emerged from last week's Great Ideas Conference, of course, did not come from one of the scheduled sessions. It was an informatil conversation during breakfast. One of the people a ...
Resistance, Learning, and Emotional Intelligence
I had some interesting experiences at last week's Great Ideas Conference in Orlando, Florida, so I plan on a couple of posts to talk about what I learned. At the beginning of the conference, I noticed that several of the ...
Who's In Charge Presentation
I am in Orlando, Florida for ASAE & The Center's Great Ideas Conference (and not to brag, but I have attended EVERY Great Ideas conference ever held, back to when they were done by GWSAE). This Sunday, I speak on th ...
Who’s In Charge Presentation
I am in Orlando, Florida for ASAE & The Center's Great Ideas Conference (and not to brag, but I have attended EVERY Great Ideas conference ever held, back to when they were done by GWSAE). This Sunday, I speak on th ...