Features

Dead Man Walking

David Case — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:36:17 -0400

IT's Not about the Technology

Kermit Pattison — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:33:45 -0400

The Brand Called Obama

Ellen McGirt — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:37:29 -0400

Win or lose, Barack Obama's rise changes business as usual for everyone. Here's why.

Birth of a Sales Tool: LinkedIn Meets eBay

Chris Dannen — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:14:04 -0500

As corporations swell and business moves Web-ward, it can be argued that traditional sales practices -- done over a handshake or a phone call -- are going the way of the telegraph. New York-based entrepreneur Evan Sohn has watched the transformation first hand, as an early stage executive in leading-edge tech companies like OmniPod, ReefEdge, and Logix. As an employee, decision-maker, and entrepreneur, he sensed an inefficiency in the way sales is conducted in the Internet age. So he embarked on a mission to turn the profession digital.

Heroic Checklist

Dan Heath and Chip Heath — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:35:14 -0500

Quick, a word-association test. What word comes to mind when we say "checklist"?

Here are some candidates: "basic," "routine," "dull." But what if we asserted (with a great dramatic flourish) that your first associations should be "lifesaving" and "game changing"?

Yes, we really are that nerdy. But we mean it.

Designs on Success

Tim McKeough — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:25:06 -0500

Patrick Robinson

Executive Vice President of Design
Gap Adult and Gap Body

After stints at Armani, Perry Ellis, and Paco Rabanne, Patrick Robinson is leading Gap's design team.

Scuttling Scut Work

Arianne Cohen — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:05:21 -0500

Come 3 p.m. each day, workers staring at computer screens everywhere share the same dream: a magic button that says click here, and someone else will do this annoying project for you.

ps: by 9 a.m. tomorrow.

Make Goals Not Resolutions

Dan Heath and Chip Heath — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:05:18 -0500

Imagine you're a consultant to the New Year's Resolution industry. Your clients are a deeply dysfunctional bunch. Every January, they proudly announce their resolutions. Two weeks later, most have already veered off plan, and by mid-spring, they may not even remember having a resolution at all. To find another set of clients who blow their goals so consistently, you'd have to start serving defense contractors.

Is the Tipping Point Toast?

Clive Thompson — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:05:03 -0500

The Big Tease

David Futrelle — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:26:17 -0500

Like many things in this world--Bill Gates, the Internet, Sandra Bullock's character in Love Potion #9--blogs started out humble and nerdy. Ten years ago, a man named Jorn Barger launched something he called a "Web log," entitled Robot Wisdom. It was--and still is--a "log of the best Web reading," Barger says. "Hardly anyone seems to remember that."