December 1, 2008Last update: 12:00 pm

We've got all of your wishlist and gift-giving needs covered at Fast Company's Gift Guide Central, but here's one of my personal favorites that didn't make the list.

I have been asked several times of late whether managers (and management students) should be expected to invest in design and design thinking during an economic downturn. There are at least two kinds of answers to this ...

We've got all of your wishlist and gift-giving needs covered at Fast Company's Gift Guide Central, but here's one of my personal favorites that didn't make the list.

Friday, November 28, 2008
In a shortened week that received absolutely dismal economic news, Washington awoke from its most recent policy slumber and made real progress in the War on Scarcity.
President-elect Obama must be ...
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BY Chris Dannen
Smartphones, flat-screens, robots, green tech: We wade through it all to ID the coolest innovations, including Sony's absurdly svelte, impressively vibrant XEL01 TV screen and the newly customizable Flip Mino video camera.

We know the drill by now: every few months Apple rolls out some new iPod model, seducing us to trash our still-shiny-perfectly-brand-new one. We tend to think of this as progressive design. However, these days progressive design must ...
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BY Sara D. Anderson
Put your office mates to shame or gift yourself a newly tricked-out office with this drool-worthy work gear, from an Ettore Sottsass Bacterio etched business-card case to Logitech's sexy wireless diNovo Edge Keyboard.

A new gaming site lets gamers place wagers on their games, but is this enough to keep the website afloat?