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Blog / ChangeThis
Doing Good Work and Doing Good
By David Gatchell
"From childhood I have had it drummed into me by my parents, my life experiences, and my own work: You can do good work and you can do good. I've learned that life is not a zero-sum game that requires that we take everything and leave nothing in order to succeed. I subscribe to the concept that through innovation and creativity we can all add to the global pool of resources. In fact, Peter Diamandis authored one of my favorite quotes in Abundance, 'Make more pies.' I strongly believe that in doing so, one can have a positive impact on the world and make a solid profit while doing so."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
"Dangerous" Woman: Three Entrepreneurs Who Paved the Road of Women's Business Leadership
By Edith Sparks
"On 8 August 1959, the Saturday Evening Post published a sensationalized article about the female chief executive of Beech Aircraft titled 'Danger: Boss Lady at Work. ' In it, the 'Boss Lady,' Olive Ann Beech, was caricatured as autocratic and austere, insecure yet self-righteous, and the author warned readers—as the title suggested—to beware. Reportedly, more than one businessman had declared, 'I'm scared of that woman. ' But according to the article, Beech herself was undaunted. 'I never concerned myself with what people thought of me,' she stated. 'If I had, I'd have been pretty mousy. ' The idea that a 'boss lady' at work was dangerous tells us a great deal about the historical context in which female business executives led and the obstacles they faced in the mid-twentieth century. Alarms about a crisis in American masculinity were de rigueur in popular magazines in the 1950s, and social commentators were quick to connect the problem to women. One result was a pronounced current in American popular culture of the 1950s that endeavored to prop up men at the expense of women and to demonize women who in their success appeared to embody an assault on men.
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Your Enterprise as Living System: Success Starts with Knowing the Kind of Business You're Really In
By William E. Schneider
"Profit and non-profit enterprises are living people systems. Embracing this belief (and its implications) will significantly change your leadership for the better. Customers, employees and leaders are not commodities and they are not separate from one another. They are different, but they are not separate. If you take away any one of the three—customers, employees, or leaders—you don't have an enterprise! Enterprises are started by people, led by people, operated by people, improved by people, perpetuated by people, dissolved by people. People create and provide value for people. People are the life of your enterprise. Customers, employees, and leaders are all that is alive in an enterprise and they are inextricably and vitally woven together. The promise that you make to your customer, your culture of employees, and your leadership approach are immutably intertwined."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / Book Giveaways
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
By Porchlight
Al Gore's new book exposes the reality of how humankind has aided in the destruction of our planet, along with groundbreaking information on what we can do now.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Ryan Holiday has given us a guide to making creative work that lasts—beginning with the creative process itself, through the positioning and marketing of it, to building a platform upon it.
Categories: editors-choice, narrative-biography
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups-Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000
By Porchlight
Jason Calacanis is as honest as he is abrasive, and that makes for a great and informative read about heading west to invest in Silicon Valley.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Designed Leadership
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Moura Quayle's new book give readers is a great history of design thinking, a glimpse of its future, and the tools we need to bring it about.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Once Upon a Time in Shaolin: The Untold Story of Wu-Tang Clan's Million-Dollar Secret Album, the Devaluation of Music, and America's New Public Enemy No. 1
By Porchlight
Cyrus Bozorgmehr's new book takes us on the journey of one of the most interesting artistic statements of the digital era.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson have written a book with real human intelligence, concern, feeling, and values, about how the second machine age is reshaping business.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / New Releases
Business Books to Watch in July
By 800-CEO-READ
Ten books that the staff at 800-CEO-READ will be digging into in July.
Categories: new-releases
