"Anyone can come up with a breakthrough idea. Only some can 'bring them to market.' Thinking is easier than doing and most people like the easy part so the easy part gets done and then we come up with another idea. The problem is that only consultants really make money out of ideas -- the rest of us have to produce more tangible results."

From the RealTime conference on Breakthrough Thinking

"Bring In Da Noise"

Fast Company's first RealTime in Monterey concluded on June 16, 1998. After two days of stimulation, inspiration and application, participants departed with new friends and a diverse personal network; new ideas and a larger sense of what's possible; new practices and a hard-wired list of tools and techniques to implement immediately.

The Themes

Scroll through the entire list of sessions at RealTime Monterey. From Mort Meyerson's 'Reinventing the Leader in You' to the 'Top Ten Things Every Fast Company Entrepreneur Needs to Know' by Seth Godin, take a tour throughout the first RealTime.

The Models and Mentors

Scan through the Models and Mentors from RealTime Monterey - find out who they are, what they think Remember. Remember, YOU decide in 'RealTime' which sessions you want to attend, who you want to meet. "And The Gang's All Here" - see the first RealTimers in this panoramic group photograph!