Changethis: More Interesting than Harvard Business Review?

A new round of essays were just published at Changethis, the online magazine of edgy essays published by the folks at 800CEOread. I just read through the titles and started reading the essays.  Is it just me, or do these looking more interesting than the typical Harvard Business Review? Note this isn't a bash on HBR, they do great stuff and it remains one of the most influential business publications in the world.  And note I've published in both places and hope to publish in each again.  But check out these titles and read the articles, and tell me what you think!

09-April | Strive For Minimal Achievement
Barry J. Moltz | “Failure is valuable only when we realize it is a normal part of the business process even when t... more »

09-April | The Freak Factor: Discovering Uniqueness by Flaunting Weakness
David Rendall | "My experience as an individual, consultant, parent and leader indicates that efforts to fix weak... more »

09-April | The New Rules of Viral Marketing: How Word-of-Mouse Spreads Your Ideas for Free
David Meerman Scott | “You and I are incredibly lucky.

For decades, the only way to spread our ideas was to buy ... more »

09-April | The New Time Management: Simply Focus on the Fundamentals, and Toss Away the Tips
Francis Wade | "As working professionals across the world, we all want the same things when it comes to time man... more »

09-April | It’s Time to Evolve: Leading with Just Enough Anxiety in the 21st Century
Robert Rosen | "In Prehistoric times, saber-toothed tigers and other wild animals tried to make primitive man th... more »

07-March | A Creative Manifesto: Why the Place You Choose to Live is the Most Important Decision of Your Life
Richard Florida | “Increasingly, the place you choose to live will help determine your success in business, in find... more »

07-March | The Megacommunity Manifesto
Mark Gerencser, Reginald Van Lee, Fernando Napolitano, and Christopher Kelly | “Public, private, and civil leaders should confront together the problems that none can solve. ... more »

07-March | The 10 1/2 Commandments of Visual Thinking: The "Lost Chapter" from The Back of the Napkin
Dan Roam | “Visual thinking is the future of business problem solving. Using our innate ability to see—both ... more »

07-March | Trust Economies: Investigation into the New ROI of the Web
Julien Smith and Chris Brogan | “If You Build It, They Won't Come What happened to the early days? You built a baseball stadiu... more »

07-March | Manners Matter: The Commonsense Approach to Business Etiquette
Joel D Canfield | “Manners matter, not just socially; we all know manners matter socially. Manners matter in busine... more »

07-March | The Connection Culture: A New Source of Competitive Advantage
Michael Lee Stallard | “I want to share something with you I’ve learned over the last decade of my life that I believe c... more »

Comments

[Michael Cayley]

Just a follow up Bob - ChangeThis release the SCVA manifesto today:

http://www.changethis.com/50.05.SocialCapital

[Michael Cayley]

Bob - It is great to see how ChangeThis spreads ideas. Last week their editorial board selected my "Introducing Social Capital Value Add" and posted it for voting.

The idea is to connect the pioneering academic enterprises of social capital and social network analysis to value based management and the priorities of marketers.

In short, social capital attributable to social media can be linked to corporate valuation in a way akin to the link established between brand and corporate valuation in the late 1980s.

I hope that you will vote for SCVA at: http://www.changethis.com/proposals/1279

And I would be grateful if you would help generate support.

P.S. Dunno if you might bump into Matt Jackson in Stanford circles, but if you do, please let him know that I am looking forward to his comments on the draft.

P.P.S. I would also be grateful if you would share your thoughts on the draft.