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Table of Contents - April/May 1996

Table of Contents - April/May 1996
All Smoke, No Fire
Can you have a sexy but sexless relationship? Researchers are embracing a new notion that sexual attraction between coworkers may not be bad. It may, in fact, be beneficial. Stephanie Williams
At BSG, There's Only One Speed - Faster
The way to beat bigger and richer competitors, believes CEO Steven Papermaster, is to create a culture that accelerates time. Robert Bryce
Been There, Done That, Would You Do It Again?
Fast Companys asks readers about love, sex, and the workplace. Stephanie Williams
Creatologist
Job Title We'd Like to Have: Suzanne Merritt Kate Kane
Drivers Ed
Race car driving schools across America. William J. Cook
E-Mail for the Masses
A commercial service makes it easy to get online, take care of your mail, and get back to work. John R. Quain
Encourage Wild Ideas
IDEO Product Development is the world's most celebrated design firm. Its ultimate creation is the process of creativity itself. For founder David Kelley and his colleagues, work is play, brainstorming is a science, and the most important rule is to break Tia O'Brien
Everything I Thought I Knew about Leadership Is Wrong
To get rich, do you have to be miserable? To be successful, do you have to punish your customers? Tough questions from a CEO who's smart enough to admit he doesn't have all the answers. Mort Meyerson
FC.Net - Getting Started
Are you born to lead? Bill Breen
Freedom to Roam
A cell-phone for the Off-Road Warrior. Kate Kane
Fully Vested
Fishing-vest-as-business-accessory? Fast Company
Get Your Modem Running
When you're out on the highway, make sure you're going as fast as you can ... John R. Quain
Getting Started
Race cars and business are a natural fit. William J. Cook
Have I Died and Gone to Meeting Heaven?
"Technology won't get rid of meetings. But it can make them more effective." Eric Matson
How to Lose Your Heart - and Keep your Job.
A workaholic's guide to love, sex, and the pitfalls of office romance. Stephanie Williams
How to Prepare for Your Next Meeting
Four ways to make your minutes around the conference table more productive. Fast Company
Love & Work: The Unwritten Rules
A perspective on same-sex dating in the workplace. Stephanie Williams
Management by Kemske-ing Around
Sidebar: Meet your Worst Corporate Nightmare Peter Carbonara
Meet your Worst Corporate Nightmare
In Floyd Kemske's surrealistic novels, bosses are bloodsuckers and young execs kill to get ahead. Who says fiction can't be true? Peter Carbonara
Merix - Vision For All to See
Even companies with exciting missions have boring mission statements. Not Merix. Kate Kane
Mute The Mail
Tips for filtering your e-mail noise. John R. Quain
Out of the Closet, on the Job
Open talk to make workplace relationships work for gay couples. Brian McNaught
Power Tools - Getting Started
Get a handle on your e-mail. John R. Quain
Quain's Top Tips
Tips for better e-mailing. John R. Quain
Seven Card Stud
Making decisions under pressure. Scoping out the competition. Sizing up the rewards and risks. (Who knows more than the world's greatest poker player?) Alan Deutschman
Seven Ways to Run in the Fast Lane
You've been to driving school. Now, where can you legally take your newfound skills and enthusiasm? Fortunately, the opportunities to compete get better every year. You don't even need to own a racing car. John Van Pelt
Snow Job
Consultant Debunking Unit Christina Novicki
So Much E-Mail, So Little Time
Your electronic in-box is packed with messages. That file you sent two days ago still hasn't arrived. So who's the snail? Use these power tools for smarter, faster e-mailing. John R. Quain
Speaking with the Enemy
The fallout of techno-glasnost. Richard Rapport
Strategy as if Knowledge Mattered
Managing knowledge is hot! Before we get carried away, why not stop to link knowledge and strategy? Brook Manville and Nathaniel Foote
Strategy is for the Young
At Siemens Nixdorf, Europe's largest computer company, fast trackers mentor top management on technologies and markets of the future. Kate A. Kane
Take a Lap on the Fast Track
It's a short jump from the front office of a fast company to the front seat of a fast car. Grab your helmet, strap yourself in, and get ready for the ride of your life. William J. Cook
The Company as Talk Show
Visit Sun Microsystem's virtual recording studio. Richard Rapport
The Consultification of Everything
A Spy in the House of Work The Spy
The False Security of 'Employability'
In the era of massive layoffs, 'employability' has emerged as a consoling notion. Don't believe it -- there's no easy answer to job loss. Richard Pascale
The Great Grape-Nuts Wrangle & Other Lessons in Democracy
In most companies, the Great Grape-Nuts Wrangle would be considered a bizarre distraction. Charles Fishman
The Network Is the Company
John Gage, chief scientist of Sun Microsystems, blends '90s technology with '60s activism. His manifesto: free speech, open companies, virtual work. Richard Rapaport
The New Prophet of Nonprofits
The right way to fund the battle against hunger, says activist Bill Shore, isn't just to redistribute wealth -- it's to create it. Steven Pearlstein
The Parable of Myst II
With "Myst," the Miller brothers unleashed a pop-culture phenomenon and achieved phenomenal business success. Now they're hard at work on "Myst II." Will they escape the demons that stalk fame and fortune? David Dorsey
The Seven Sins of Deadly Meetings
And seven steps to salvation. Tools, techniques, and technologies to make your meetings less painful, more productive -- even heavenly. Eric Matson
The Two Faces of EDS
Sidebar:Everything I Thought I Knew about Leadership Is Wrong Mort Meyerson
The Whole Foods Recipe for Teamwork
What this 90-minute meeting lacks in drama, it more than makes up for as a primer on teamwork. Charles Fishman
There's No Meetings Like Business Meetings
Broadway isn't the only place to see a show. Companies like Hughes Aircraft and AT&T use theater groups to stage their meetings. Louise Palmer
Trust! (but Verify)
Everybody endorses it -- almost nobody knows how to measure it. Two new tools that attach hard numbers to soft and squishy feelings. Eric Matson
VP of Progress
Job Titles We'd Like to Have: Don Tornberg Kate Kane
Web Of Leadership
Sidebar: FC.Net - getting Started Bill Breen
What's Your Rating When It Comes to Dating?
How do you rate on the Date-O-Meter? Fast Company
Whole Foods Is All Teams
To check out the future of democratic capitalism, get in the checkout line at whole foods market -- where all work is teamwork, everyone sees the numbers, and people vote on who gets hired. Sound too soft? It's on track to become a billion-dollar company. Charles Fishman
Words to Magazine By
A letter from the founding editors. The Founding Editors
Yo! Taxi!
The ultimate guide to the perfect ride -- from the coolest cabbies we know. Gina M. Imperato