A few years ago a
colleague pointed me to ChangeThis, a
site that publishes author submitted manifestos about business, politics,
technology, and change.
Why write a
manifesto? “We’re betting that a
significant portion of the population wants to hear thoughtful, rational,
constructive arguments about important issues” (from the ChangeThis Manifesto).
Some of my favorite manifestos:
Tom Peters, management
expert, has several, but I love:The ‘PSF’ is Everything!
Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba,
customer evangelism and word of mouth marketing experts: The Customer Evangelist
Manifesto.
Guy Kawasaki, described on
ChangeThis as a “former Apple Fellow and entrepreneur extraordinaire”: The Art of the Start
Bob Sutton, a professor of
Management Science and Engineering at Stanford Engineering School: Management Advice: Which 90% is Crap?
David Maister, a leading
authority on the management of professional service firms: Strategy and the Fat
Smoker.
You can download
manifestos, distribute them, and quote them. The idea behind the free dissemination of manifestos is to “challenge
the way ideas are created and spread”.
They’re short, easy to
read, and loaded with great perspective.
You can submit a proposal yourself or vote on proposals.
Go take a look!
Shaula –
I love David’s work. I read his blog all the time. I haven’t taken in any of the podcasts, but I plan to do so! He’s really great about offering his readers resources – and I love his approach!
Thanks for stopping by!
Ann
I’m a long-standing fan of ChangeThis as well.
I’m part of David Maister’s tech team, so I wanted to let you know that if you enjoyed “Strategy and the Fat Smoker,” you might also appreciate its sequel, Strategy Means Saying No.
(David’s “Strategy and the Fat Smoker” manifesto, in addition to appearing on ChangeThis, is one of several dozen business articles David makes available for free on his website at http://davidmaister.com/articles, and you can also sign up to receive David’s upcoming articles by email — again, for free.)
I’m always hoping more “opt-in information networks” like ChangeThis will spring up. It is such a great source of good ideas and quality writing.