Thu 5 Jun 2008
ChangeThis was built in the summer of 2004 by Amit Gupta, Catherine Hickey, Noah Weiss, Phoebe Espiritu and Michelle Sriwongtong. You can read their bios in this blog entry. The original idea behind ChangeThis came from Seth Godin. You can read about him on his website.
In the summer of 2005, ChangeThis was turned over to 800-CEO-READ. In addition to selling business books, they keep ChangeThis up and running with their love and tender care.
I’ve been enjoying Manifestos on ChangeThis for several years, its been a great source of leading edge business thinking that I’ve found useful in my workshops and writing. Some of the more memorable Manifestos include The Bootstrapper’s Bible and Pushing Past the Dip: How to Become the Best in the World by Seth Godin, This I Believe! – Tom’s 60 TIBs by Tom Peters, The Long Tail by The Talent Myth by Malcolm Gladwell.
Yesterday my Manifesto Business Improvisation: The Diving Catch of the Corporate World was published on ChangeThis. Its not in the same league as the authors I mentioned above but I am proud that the editors and readers felt it is worthy of publishing. Take a minute to give it a read, pass it along and please let me know what you think.
June 16th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Randy do not underestimate yourself, just read your manifesto from ChangeThis. The importance of “Business Improvisation” as a skill is something I have always intuitively known about. Now, thanks to you, its written down and explained in a well written document for all to learn from.
June 16th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Thank you Hein, all the best…
Randy
June 16th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Hey Randy – great to see ChangeThis spreading ideas.
I just read over your manifesto and I agree with Hein. I am wondering if we can connect. I would like to learn more about your experience with ChangeThis.
My proposal “Introducing Social Capital Value Add” is currently leading the month. Voting closes on Thursday.
I would be grateful if you could make an appeal to your supporters to vote for it at http://www.changethis.com/proposals.
More details are available at http://www.socialcapitalvalueadd.com.
You can reach me at mgcayley (at) hotmail (dot) com. I hope to hear from you.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Hey Michael great to hear from you and thanx for the comment. I voted for you and look forward to reading your manifesto in a few months. Great web site as well, I love the idea on Social Capital having measurable value.
March 19th, 2009 at 2:39 am
Its great to hear that ChangeThis was turned over to 800 CEO Read in the summer of 2005.. all the best