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Issue 73 | Published Aug. 4, 2010

The Fallacy of the Great Idea The Fallacy of the Great Idea
By Trevor Ginn

Published Aug. 4, 2010 3:00 p.m. - "Many entrepreneurs feel that they cannot start a business without a great idea. They believe it will be impossible to succeed without a completely new concept, as the market will already be cornered by established businesses. Only by venturing into uncharted territory can they achieve their dreams. This is the fallacy of the great idea."
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The Internet as Social Movement The Internet as Social Movement
By n+1

Published Aug. 4, 2010 3:00 p.m. - "From the first, and in no small part because of its fervent supporters, it has felt less like a technology and more like a social movement—like communism, like feminism, like rock and roll. An ideology we could call webism. While the rest of us look up movie times, buy sweaters, and post jihadi videos, the webists proclaim the new age.”
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How Time Pressures Shape Behavior (And Provide Clues to Solve Thorny Issues in Business, Health, and Society) How Time Pressures Shape Behavior (And Provide Clues to Solve Thorny Issues in Business, Health, and Society)
By Adrian Ott

Published Aug. 4, 2010 3:00 p.m. - "No matter whether you are a business, government entity, or non-profit organization, understanding the Time-onomic forces that shape behavior and define a situation provides clues to solve some of our most challenging issues in business, health, and society."
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The Road to Pandora The Road to Pandora
By James P. Othmer

Published Aug. 4, 2010 3:00 p.m. - “For those who work in advertising, simply being fascinated with the future isn’t enough. We have to glean insight from it and process it and wrap it up in a bright shiny message that sells this incrementally better future to the rest of the human race (or, at the very least, our target market), brought to you on behalf of Brand X."
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The Six Invaluable Factors The Six Invaluable Factors
By Dave Crenshaw

Published Aug. 4, 2010 3:00 p.m. - “Every day the market you work in—regardless of the industry—asks ‘Are you invaluable?’ Did you answer the question satisfactorily today? Well done. Get ready to answer it again tomorrow.”
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The Female Vision: Defining Women's Strategic Strengths The Female Vision: Defining Women's Strategic Strengths
By Sally Helgesen & Julie Johnson

Published Aug. 4, 2010 3:00 p.m. - “We believe that what women see—what they notice and value and how they perceive the world in operation—is a greatly under-exploited resource in organizations. In this manifesto, we explore what the female vision is, what it has to offer, and why it matters—to women, to organizations and to the world.”
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The Change This Blog

Brains on Fire
By: Jon Mueller — Aug. 3, 2010
Interview with co-author Robbin Phillips

Win Some Free TOUGH LOVE
By: Jon Mueller — Jul. 22, 2010
inBubbleWrap offers FREE copies of TOUGH LOVE this week.

Why Apple and its brand can endure a crisis
By: Ronn Torossian — Jul. 16, 2010
An OpEd piece for our blog today from 5WPR's Ronn Torossian about how Apple will recover from the iPhone4 recall.

ChangeThis Store
By: Jon Mueller — Jul. 15, 2010
A resource for some rare items.

Another Tough Love review/interview
By: Jon Mueller — Jul. 9, 2010
Barbara Cave Henricks interviews John Moore about Tough Love

Tough Love reviews
By: Jon Mueller — Jun. 30, 2010
Reviews for John Moore's Tough Love are starting to roll in.

Tough Love interview with John Moore
By: Jon Mueller — Jun. 28, 2010
As we announced last week, John Moore's book Tough Love is now available as a download via ChangeThis. Here's a brief interview I conducted with him about the book and his experience.

Tough Love: Scripting the Drive, Drama and Decline of Galaxy Coffee
By: Dylan Schleicher — Jun. 23, 2010
You have always known ChangeThis for our free manifestos. Today, we are happy to announce the release of TOUGH LOVE: SCRIPTING THE DRIVE, DRAMA & DECLINE OF GALAXY COFFEE by the incomparable John Moore--our first foray into offering full-length books for download.

The Catalyst Campaign: Help the Creative Commons Expand Open Educational Resources
By: Dylan Schleicher — Jun. 20, 2010
Creative Commons recently launched the Catalyst Campaign to support Open Educational Resources. And you can help.

ChangeThis is going to be bringing you some Tough Love.
By: Jon Mueller — May. 18, 2010
ChangeThis is going to be bringing you some Tough Love.


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The RARE Manifesto: How to create a business where companies and their employees care about their customers and that delivers sustainable growth.
By: Adrian Swinscoe — Aug. 17, 2010
RARE in this context means something that is ‘unusually great’ rather than something that is seldom see. It has always been a personal peeve of mine when companies forget or mistreat their existing customers. This got me to thi...
Voting ends Sept. 16, 2010 (39 votes)

Clean Energy Manifesto
By: CleanEnergyNow — Aug. 17, 2010
The Clean Energy Manifesto By Jim Oliver CleanEnergySecrets.com 2010 Clean energy is everyone’s problem and everyone’s responsibility. Homeowners, renters, landlords, homebuilders, employees, employers, business owners, and c...
Voting ends Sept. 16, 2010 (3 votes)

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By: justbe — Aug. 17, 2010
Motivational material with 28 awesome quotes for effective personal development....
Voting ends Sept. 16, 2010 (9 votes)

Putting the Brakes on The Race to The Bottom
By: DavidHeitman — Aug. 17, 2010
Is the dreaded "race to the bottom" an inevitability? Are prices ultimately squeezed to the near zero-point in every industry? Is today's proprietary product or service doomed to become tomorrow's commodity? Or is there still a way...
Voting ends Sept. 16, 2010 (3 votes)

On the Challenges and Opportunities we see in China
By: Blackhawk Partners — Aug. 17, 2010
The practice of doing private equity investing in China has come into question early this year. The disputes between Google Inc. and the Chinese government have been one factor; others have included the continued concerns raised in...
Voting ends Sept. 16, 2010 (4 votes)

Young People Deserve More
By: sarahnewton — Aug. 17, 2010
Ephebiphobia - the "inaccurate, exaggerated and sensational characterization of young people" Do you think our young people deserve more? Do you think as a society we are fair to them? Do you think that it is right we judge ever...
Voting ends Sept. 16, 2010 (22 votes)

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