Here's my midweek look at the business blogs, starting with a Carnival update. Then I'm pointing you to posts on Steve Burd's health care crusade, how behavior affects strategy, two different posts on simplicity and one on writing better.

First the Carnivals.

The HR Capitalist hosts the most recent Carnival of Human Resources. Brian Gongol hosts the latest edition of Carnival of the Capitalists. And MableandHarry host the most recent Carnival of Leadership Development.

From Business Week: One CEO's Health-Care Crusade
"A lifelong believer in free markets, Safeway's Steve Burd now believes government must step in to rescue U.S. medical care"

From Business Pundit: How Behavioral Anomalies Affect Your Strategy
"I've said before that I think b-schools will someday have a basic course in neuroscience as part of the curriculum. Until that happens, think about it this way... worry less about the details of economic theory and more about the real behavior you can observe through experimentation in different areas of your business."

From All Things Workplace: Can You Make the Complex Simple? Part I
"What Do You Need to Eliminate?"

From Brain-Based Business: Are You Confident Enough to be Simple?
"Interestingly, fear adds cortisol that zaps confidence needed for simplicity. To communicate simply, though, takes mental steps – that tend to come mainly to communicators who target clarity and interactive exchanges with participants. So why is confidence involved? "

n-writing-david-simon-pamela-slim-and-leonard-budney-on-christopher-alexander" target=_blank>From 37 Signals: [On Writing] David Simon, Pamela Slim, and Leonard Budney on Christopher Alexander
“On Writing” posts show interesting copy from around the web.

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