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ChangeThis is our weekly series of essays from today's thought leaders that are meant to evoke conversation by bringing forth new and unique ideas.
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The Four Stages of Psychological Safety
By Timothy R. Clark
Psychological safety is a condition in which you feel (1) included, (2) safe to learn, (3) safe to contribute, and (4) safe to challenge the status quo—all without fear of being embarrassed, marginalized, or punished in some way.
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The Subtlety of Opportunity
By Jeremy Gutsche
"When people miss an opportunity in their own industry, it’s not because they were blind to new ideas. Typically, smart people miss out because new ideas seem awkward and different. To find your breakthrough, you need to better spot the subtle clues that hint toward great ideas."
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The Autonomous Revolution: A Third Social Revolution
By William Davidow, Michael S Malone
“For the third time in history, society is undergoing a social phase change. We are well on our way to creating the Autonomous Revolution. Its two predecessors, the Agricultural and the Industrial Revolutions, have taught us what to expect.”
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The Race to the Bottom: What Competition Overdose Does to Our Wallets and Well-Being
By Maurice E. Stucke, Ariel Ezrachi
"Competition sometimes fails to deliver. When it does, it often leaves individuals and society worse off. The invisible hand then becomes nothing more than a sleight of hand."
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The Regenerative Life: A Non-Heroic Approach to Change
By Porchlight
“The non-heroic path is a journey. It comes from learning how to live one’s life and play one’s roles in ways that are designed to create change. … It is slow, steady, cumulative, and powerful, like water shaping rock.”
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The Emerging Inequality of Customer Lifetime Value
By Nelson D. Schwartz
“It’s tempting to think that when you call the bank or another financial service provider and you are put on hold for twenty-five minutes, it’s simply because it’s a peak time of day and many other account holders are calling at the same moment. Tempting, but wrong.”
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The Disability Advantage
By Al Etmanski
"The ultimate lesson I’ve learned from my journey in the disability community is that life comes from life. It comes from life in every shape, size, and background. Complex lives. Messy lives. Struggling lives. Determined lives. Funny lives. Mysterious lives. Sensual lives. Beautiful lives. Sacred lives."
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A Declaration of Citizen-User Rights
By Alexis Wichowski
"We can make a decision to change how we handle our data moving forward, to reclaim power over what we give out, to whom, and for what purposes."
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From Brokenness To Blessing
By Matthew Emerzian
"You matter to your family. To your friends. Your company. Your community. Every word you speak. Every thought you have. Every action you take matters. It’s time for you to truly love yourself for who you really are. You matter."
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Permanent Disequilibrium: Finance as an Industry of Sabotage
By Anastasia Nesvetailova, Ronen Palan
"It is quite difficult to make sense of finance today by relying on textbook approaches, wherever their intellectual or political affinities may lie. To understand the remarkable persistence and prevalence of rogue behaviour, we returned to the ideas of a school of thought, often ignored nowadays, known as the old institutional economics (OIE)."
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The original idea behind ChangeThis came from Seth Godin, and was built in the summer of 2004 by Amit Gupta, Catherine Hickey, Noah Weiss, Phoebe Espiritu, and Michelle Sriwongtong. In the summer of 2005, ChangeThis was turned over to 800-CEO-READ. In addition to selling and writing about books, they kept ChangeThis up and running as a standalone website for 14 years. In 2019, 800-CEO-READ became Porchlight, and we pulled ChangeThis together with the rest of our editorial content under the website you see now. We remain committed to the high-design quality and independent spirit of the original team that brought ChangeThis into the world.