MC Frontalot: When Does a Meeting Need to Be Face to Face?

Ellen McGirt — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:58:02 -0400

Jim Koch: What is the Business Case for Generosity?

Ellen McGirt — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:44:32 -0400

Mike Rowe: What Is The Business Case for Generosity?

Ellen McGirt — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:27:25 -0400

And a Little Child Shall Lead Them

Ellen McGirt — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:14:14 -0400

A Master Class in Drinking and Sales: Jim Koch Takes Us to Beer School [video]

Ellen McGirt — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:13:25 -0400

A lifetime and a career ago, I was a young entrepreneur with a brand new lease on an empty gallery space near the waterfront in Providence, Rhode Island. One of my first great acts was to borrow a neighbor's broom and sweep the sidewalk in front of my door. I don't know where the impulse came from, it was a gesture I must have seen other shopkeepers do growing up in New York City. I remember that feeling--a bit of proprietary pride with a side of great expectation.

How Sam Adams Helped Save Craft Brewing

Ellen McGirt — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:02:54 -0400

Of all the nonsense metrics I like to use to measure brand strength, the most fun is my Facebook status update.

The Thirty Second MBA -- Get Smart Faster

Ellen McGirt — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:37:55 -0400

The great lament of any reporter is what to do with the jewels that routinely get left on the cutting room floor after a really great interview. For me and many of my colleagues at Fast Company, that is often the "how I do what I do" stuff, the extraordinary insights that we get into the nuts and bolts of how great leaders lead, but don't necessarily fit into the story at hand.

Innovations in Health Care as Simple as Picking Up the Phone

Ellen McGirt — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:33:19 -0400

In this modern age, we have become used to thinking about innovation as the domain of the iterative tinkerer, the weapon of choice for wizards who stay up late to make smaller, faster, cooler circuits and systems. But for Tami Minnier, chief quality officer for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, life-saving innovation was as easy as picking up the phone. "It was so simple, it's almost embarrassing to say it out loud," she told me. "But I knew it could save lives."

What President Obama Will Learn at Cleveland Clinic About Health Care

Ellen McGirt — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:31:20 -0400

The President has set out a broad agenda for health care reform, with "patient-centered" medicine as a major touchstone. His visit to the Cleveland Clinic today is a smart choice.

Cisco's Web Engine: A Growth Machine

Ellen McGirt — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:39:25 -0400

"We've gotten good at market transitions over the years," says Sue Bostrom, Cisco's CMO. "Market transition" may be a charming euphemism for meltdown, but Cisco's real transition has been to use technology to connect with prospects. Bostrom, a twelve-year veteran, made a bet two years ago that the web could provide the information customers need about Cisco products, but also research for their own business needs. "People are coming to the internet to search, coming to find experts and expertise," she says.