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ChangeThis is our weekly series of essays from today's thought leaders that are meant to evoke conversation by bringing forth new and unique ideas.
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Purpose: How to Define It and Make It Work for You and Your Company
By Nikos Mourkogiannis
Just read the first page of this manifesto, and you'll understand exactly what it is to have purpose. Read the subsequent pages and you'll find just how to develop your own sense of purpose through discovery, excellence, altruism and heroism.
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Women Bloggers: Changing Their Worlds, Changing the World
By Porchlight
Women are the power consumers and connectors of the Internet, and yet, their influence has mostly been invisible to the mainstream media and industry pundits. The BlogHer web community was created to offer a centralized location for women bloggers, creating one voice out of many whispers.
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The Capitalist Manifesto: Managing the Rise of Citizen Investors
By Stephen Davis, Jon Lukomnik, David Pitt-Watson
The citizen investor is you. Me. Uncle Joe. With our investment comes the power to demand better of the corporations we invest in. This revolution in corporate ownership demands a revolution in corporate management, and this manifesto shows how to get it done.
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The Seven Principles of Privacy: Protect Your Customers' Privacy Ethically, Not Legally
By Porchlight
Technology is endangering our privacy. Every company that we do business with holds a representation of ourselves somewhere in their data stores. Because laws make poor privacy guidelines, David Holtzman presents seven ethical ways for companies to handle our information.
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Declaration of Independents: Fighting against the Colonization of Our Local Communities by Big-Box Retailers.
By Porchlight
Wal-Mart. Home Depot. Walgreens. The proof of corporate retail expansion is evident at almost every freeway exit ramp. But at what cost? A blighted landscape. A lack of diversity. The demise of community. An environmental crisis. Stacy Mitchell's manifesto arms us for the fight.
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Beyond Snobbery: Grammar Need Not Be Cruel to Be Cool
By Porchlight
Here, June Casagrande (so not your ninth grade English teacher) will reassure you that it's okay not to care about grammar. Just what you wanted to hear! But with humor and enthusiasm, she will show you how grammar can be fun and worth a little bit of your time. So, uncover your eyes and learn her lesson. This won't hurt a bit
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Accountability: Effective Managers Go First
By David Maister
How far are you willing to go to facilitate change in your organization? Management expert, David Maister, says you've got to be willing to go first. And he means all the way, even to the point of resigning if your change efforts fail. Instead of saying "Charge!" to the troops, say "Follow me!".
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Slow Leadership: Creating Civilized Organizations
By Porchlight
Adrian Savage proposes a return to civilization and humanity in organizations. Does this sound something like your day at the office? You are driving on a rain-soaked freeway. The other cars are speeding past you. You speed up to stay in the flow, but your knuckles are white as you grip the wheel. Familiar? Here's how to find the next exit.
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A Manifesto for Mavericks
By William Taylor
Bill Taylor, co-founder of Fast Company, and Polly LaBarre present this brazen manifesto that describes the changing state of business leadership and asserts that the only companies and leaders that matter are those with the guts to be distinctive and disruptive. Are you a maverick at work?
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Going for the Go Point
By Michael Useem
The Go Point: the moment when a decision becomes action. With an easy writing style and on-the-ground stories, Michael Useem, Director of the Center for Leadership and Change at the Wharton School, prescribes how to make the best decision when the stakes are the highest.
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The original idea behind ChangeThis came from Seth Godin, and was built in the summer of 2004 by Amit Gupta, Catherine Hickey, Noah Weiss, Phoebe Espiritu, and Michelle Sriwongtong. In the summer of 2005, ChangeThis was turned over to 800-CEO-READ. In addition to selling and writing about books, they kept ChangeThis up and running as a standalone website for 14 years. In 2019, 800-CEO-READ became Porchlight, and we pulled ChangeThis together with the rest of our editorial content under the website you see now. We remain committed to the high-design quality and independent spirit of the original team that brought ChangeThis into the world.