Idea Architects

DECEMBER 5, 2011

When it comes to innovation, too many people think of the lone genius who invents some breakthrough product, instead of a diverse team with each member contributing different perspectives and roles to create new value. At minimum, when forming project teams consider what strengths the work requires and what individuals possess them.

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Jamie Notter

JULY 23, 2012

If you haven’t seen it, the movie is about Billy Beane , General Manager of the Oakland A’s baseball team, who about 10 years ago started evaluating his players and fielding a team in a completely different way (and getting great results, at about one-fourth the payroll of the big market teams). image credit.

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Idea Architects

DECEMBER 19, 2011

To help contribute to the success of a team, project, or organization, individuals must possess a clear understanding of their specific roles and how their efforts connect with others efforts, as well as contribute to the overall results. Nov 2005 (1). Oct 2005 (1). Sep 2005 (2). Aug 2005 (1). Jul 2005 (2).

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

NBAA works with humanitarian groups in helping to organize its missions. Experienced economic developers, individually and in teams, can spend up to a week volunteering with your community to assist with economic recovery and resiliency projects,” the Restore Your Economy site states. Flying out pets.

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Idea Architects

MARCH 2, 2012

Its definition of success also includes helping a group or team learn together so they might be more productive in the future. Such leaders frequently ask group members,“Given the results we are trying to produce and the current environment, are we best organized to do so?” Nov 2005 (1). Oct 2005 (1).

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Jamie Notter

MARCH 2, 2012

Anyway, on Tuesday I did a session on Humanize , and after the session someone came up to me and asked, “So if you had to convince a management team to make their organization more human, could you boil it down to one thing? We want our organizations to be “nimble.” We need better organizations.

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Jamie Notter

JUNE 21, 2012

Most were in agreement that there was great power available in the periphery of our organizations, we just needed to figure out how to set that power free. Interestingly, however, the responsibility I am thinking of here exists more at the center of the organization than at the periphery. Creating More Human Organizations.

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Jamie Notter

JUNE 14, 2012

Before my part, Joe was talking about how today’s CFO needs to be a liaison to many different parts of the organization (board, CEO, senior management team, staff, etc.). December 2005 (5). November 2005 (7). October 2005 (4). September 2005 (4). August 2005 (7). July 2005 (4).

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Jamie Notter

APRIL 19, 2012

I think most of us, when we think of “vision” in the business context, think of lofty goals and a beautiful image of the future where our organization is always the “preeminent” something or other. We need this kind of vision in our organizations. December 2005 (5). November 2005 (7). May 2005 (4).

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Idea Architects

APRIL 16, 2012

I am a huge believer in the value of record-keeping in volunteer organizations and regularly preach the power of checklists as a vital tool in project management (you have read The Checklist Manifesto , right?). Remember that culture embodies everything people have learned they need to do in order to be successful in the organization.

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Jamie Notter

APRIL 17, 2012

” I actually like numbers, and in my current organization, I’m the one on the management team that likes to sit with the spreadsheets for a while and see what insight I can pull out of the messy data. December 2005 (5). November 2005 (7). October 2005 (4). September 2005 (4). August 2005 (7).

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Association Adviser

JULY 5, 2017

Can you and your organization relate? According to a 2005 Harvard Business Review article, “Companies typically realize only about 60 percent of their strategy’s potential value because of defects and breakdowns in planning and execution.”. So, how does this translate to your organization? Decisions stall. Timelines get blown.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 31, 2016

VCC is excited to welcome Betsy Bair, Vice President, Strategic Narratives to the Velvet Chainsaw Consulting team! Betsy’s vast expertise in content and digital marketing will improve our ability to help conference organizers engage and amplify their conference stories. She’s a perfect complement for our team and company culture.

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Idea Architects

JULY 13, 2012

Organizations must ensure that everyone who facilitates has the skills to do so. This applies to both staff members and volunteers leading committee, team, or board, meetings, as well as individuals leading workshops at conventions. Nov 2005 (1). Oct 2005 (1). Sep 2005 (2). Aug 2005 (1). Jul 2005 (2).

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Idea Architects

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

“The team exists to accomplish a result. When partnerships, management teams, and organizations build communities, they tap into a greater and deeper reservoir of courage, wisdom, and productivity.” Nov 2005 (1). Oct 2005 (1). Sep 2005 (2). Aug 2005 (1). Jul 2005 (2). Jun 2005 (1).

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Idea Architects

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Finally, when a group reaches higher stages of performance, the facilitative leader contributes from behind, offering insights and observations that add to the team’s evolving momentum. What are ways you provide leadership to groups and teams you facilitate without completely taking the reins? Nov 2005 (1). Oct 2005 (1).

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Idea Architects

APRIL 11, 2012

While Tulgan and Peters are both talking about paid staff in the new economy, associations and other organizations would be wise to note the relevance of their thinking for recruiting, developing, and rewarding volunteers. When competing for volunteer time and talent, organizations need to have compelling value propositions to offer.

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Jamie Notter

OCTOBER 25, 2011

We so desperately want our organizations to be machines, where the “driver” can get behind the wheel and move that needle. Moving needles does indeed happen, but needles are actually much easier to control when you’re lower in the organization, focused on your particular domain. But our organizations are not machines.

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Jamie Notter

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Our organizations need deep expertise available to them. Open organizations embrace systems thinking when they design their structure and processes. Creating More Human Organizations. Splash: Refreshment For Your Small-Staff Organization » Blog Archive » Friday Top Five: Silos and the 99%. December 2005 (5).

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Idea Architects

JANUARY 6, 2012

So think about the groups and teams that you are a part of: (1) What are the consequences you want to help create? (2) Nov 2005 (1). Oct 2005 (1). Sep 2005 (2). Aug 2005 (1). Jul 2005 (2). Jun 2005 (1). May 2005 (2). Apr 2005 (4). Mar 2005 (2). Feb 2005 (2). Jan 2005 (2).

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Jamie Notter

JULY 19, 2012

I’m only successful if I’m a team player. The organization is not real. You don’t do things for the organization. what we do better than anything is set people up for failure in organizations. The Edge To Edge Organization Panel. Creating More Human Organizations. December 2005 (5).

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Idea Architects

MARCH 6, 2012

These notes echo the way eighth graders had flown to each NFL team’s city and hand-delivered Indy’s Super Bowl bid to owners. Organizations and communities are comprised exist of individuals, and each individual has a story to share. Nov 2005 (1). Oct 2005 (1). Sep 2005 (2). Aug 2005 (1).

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Jamie Notter

MARCH 30, 2012

It’s more of an underlying concern I have about organizations in general, and maybe the association community in particular: I am concerned that we love great ideas, but we don’t know how to actually do them. This comes from our deeply rooted mechanical approach to organizations. We don’t know how to BE great.

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Idea Architects

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Organizations would be well served to inventory all of the work that is done and to systematically identify the pieces volunteers are best or uniquely positioned to do and the pieces where it would be easy and/or desirable to tap into volunteer contributions. These tips will be helpful to anyone running a volunteer organization.

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Idea Architects

JUNE 15, 2012

language that seemed to be getting in the way of the relationships among team members. Nov 2005 (1). Oct 2005 (1). Sep 2005 (2). Aug 2005 (1). Jul 2005 (2). Jun 2005 (1). May 2005 (2). Apr 2005 (4). Mar 2005 (2). Feb 2005 (2). Jan 2005 (2). Oct 2006 (1).

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Idea Architects

DECEMBER 12, 2011

In our increasingly collaborative workspaces, everyone (Particularly association volunteers) must be capable of facilitating project teams, group meetings, conference calls, strategy conversations, and other interactions with colleagues. Nov 2005 (1). Oct 2005 (1). Sep 2005 (2). Aug 2005 (1). Jul 2005 (2).

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Idea Architects

JULY 27, 2012

If our facilitation doesnt design for the smooth handoff from one component of the process to another instead of running a smooth relay team, we end up with a mere collection of individual performances that dont get us to the finish line. Nov 2005 (1). Oct 2005 (1). Sep 2005 (2). Aug 2005 (1). Jul 2005 (2).

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Idea Architects

MARCH 9, 2012

Defining norms for a conversation, community, or organization helps people understand "this is who we are and how we will do things here." As Margaret Wheatley has said, “To create learning organizations, we must understand the underlying agreements we have made about how we will be together.” Nov 2005 (1).

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Idea Architects

MAY 25, 2012

If you are facilitating an ongoing group such as an internal staff team, a committee, or a learning community, your efforts fall somewhere between these two extremes I just described. Nov 2005 (1). Oct 2005 (1). Sep 2005 (2). Aug 2005 (1). Jul 2005 (2). Jun 2005 (1). May 2005 (2). Apr 2005 (4).

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Idea Architects

JANUARY 9, 2012

How much time do you or does your organization spend dealing with half-truths, rumors, and misstatements simply because people were unwilling to be honest? When kids volunteer in class or try to get picked for a team, they swing their arms wildly, make loud noises, and jump up and down. Nov 2005 (1). Oct 2005 (1).

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 6, 2018

He also didn’t anticipate creating a software platform that aims to create strong, diverse teams, or to be living in the United States as long as he has, but here he is — and his colleagues at the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) are grateful for his trust-based approach to management and technology.

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Idea Architects

JUNE 8, 2012

Whether it is an internal team meeting or a small group conversation as part of a convention workshop, sometimes people arent clear on the purpose or the instructions for why they are there and what is supposed to happen. Nov 2005 (1). Oct 2005 (1). Sep 2005 (2). Aug 2005 (1). Jul 2005 (2). Jun 2005 (1).

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Beth Kanter

DECEMBER 13, 2018

At Google.org, we want to empower organizations on the front lines of solving today’s biggest challenges to apply AI to the problems that they know best. One great example is Thorn , an organization founded to stop child sexual trafficking and abuse. Interested organizations can apply on our site at g.co/aichallenge.

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Association Adviser

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Matt explained to Association Adviser how he lives out ISACA’s core values of being “one,”accountable, dedicated, authentic and innovative to help its growing community of more than 160,000 professionals in 180 countries better serve their organizations at a time when their work has never been more important.

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Jamie Notter

AUGUST 12, 2011

Because maybe that impact could be achieved with some radical transformation of our organization (including dissolution). The association is not the center of the universe, the omnipresent omnipotent and omniscient organization. Other organizations or concepts were more nimble, more innovative, and more relevant in the midst of change.

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Associations Now

JUNE 9, 2014

Kidditch: IQA works to connect interested schools to local Quidditch teams to introduce kids to the sport. Benepe and the sport’s other founders at Middlebury took Quidditch on the road in 2008, organizing a spring break tour of college campuses in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic to help spread the word.

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Association Adviser

MARCH 18, 2014

TFFA represents the state’s leading petroleum marketing, grocery distribution and convenience/grocery retailing organizations. Chris Newton: We’re the nation’s largest state organization dedicated to serving the fuel marketing, convenience, grocery and wholesale food industries. CN: That’s right. It takes time to build consensus.

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