Below are links to articles, manifestos, and various other assorted pieces I’ve penned, with the most recent listed first. Where links have expired or are for some reason no longer available, I’ve provided a PDF. And there are probably a dozen or so other articles I’ve written which for the life of me can’t remember where they were published. You can always Google “Matthew E. May” if you’re curious!
Please note that I’ve listed all of my 100+ American Express OPEN Forum columns separately under the OPEN tab, which I update periodically.
I have listed my four ChangeThis.com manifestos separately under the Manifestos tab. You can either download them there or through the ChangeThis.com site.
MAGAZINES, JOURNALS, NEWSPAPERS
Zen and The Art of Simplicity (The Rotman Magazine/Harvard Business Review. Note: this is a purchase. If strapped for click here.)
Zen and the Art of Simplicity at Work (The Wall Street Journal, adapted from above article, appearing in the WSJ Source blogs)
In Pursuit of Elegance: Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing (Oxford Leadership Journal, adapted from the book.)
Elegance and The Art of Less (Design Mind; magazine of frog design)
Elegance by Design (MIT/Sloan Management Review Special Report on Design Thinking. Note: this is a purchase. If strapped for cash click here.)
The Art of Subtraction: Less Order, Better Organization (American Management Association)
No High-Fives at Toyota (The American, magazine of The American Enterprise Institute)
Innovative Armstrong Changes The Way We Compete (USAToday Forum)
Work Learning In (Quality Progress, magazine of American Society for Quality)
Lean Thinking for Knowledge Work (Quality Progress, magazine of the American Society for Quality)
