June 2009

100 Most Creative People In Business 2009

There are no rules about creativity. Which made constructing our list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business a tricky task. We looked for dazzling new thinkers, rising stars, and boldface names who couldn't be ignored. So read on. Enjoy. Quibble. Complain. And go here for rich multimedia profiles of our selections.
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Fast Company Recommended Events June 2009

Conferences and events you don't want to miss this month.
Mortgage Madness Inspires Two New Books

Check out our review of these timely and topical books.
World Food Business Summit Leaders Dish Future Trends

These are turbulent times, even for the allegedly recession-proof food industry. Here are the trends three leaders are seeing as they prep for this gathering (June 17-19) in New York.

5 Ways Big Business Weathers the Economic Storm

Cisco, Corning, IBM, Intel, and Schwab have weathered worse economic storms. Here are five strategies they're using to come out of this one even stronger.
Inside MAYA Design's Innovation Boot Camps

How a little lab called MAYA is giving firms such as Emerson and General Dynamics an innovation boost.
Nova Spivack's Twine Is Red-Hot

Nova Spivack's red-hot site, Twine, uses artificial intelligence to find and store Web info.
Test-Driving the Latest High-Tech Office Chairs [video]

Is one of these high-tech wonders your next office chair? You should be so lucky. We test the latest technicolor desk thrones.
Can Contemporary Design Make Harris Tweed Cool Again?

Sherlock Holmes's creator wore it. So did your grandfather. Can contemporary fashion and design make Harris cool again?
High-Design Public Bus? Maybe in London

London's double-decker gets an Aston Martin makeover.
SensFloor Makes Sidewalks Smarter

The Floor that has feelings.

Why It May Be Wiser To Hire People Without Meeting Them

Here's the reality: Interviews are less predictive of job performance than work samples, job-knowledge tests, and peer ratings of past job performance. Even a simple intelligence test is dramatically more useful.
Talk Is Cheap
Biofuels Take Flight

Continental Airlines' biofuel-powered test flight sets the industry's course toward brighter skies.
How to Overcome Infatuation and Make the Hard Sell

What do you do when love -- okay, infatuation -- is blinding you and keeping you from making the hard sell?
The Apple Wannabes: Dell, Microsoft, Pepsi, and Google

Inside the secret brainstorms that begin with the dreaded phrase, "If only we could be more like Apple."

Letter From the Editor: Think Randomly, Execute Strategically

A delegation of Scottish CEOs came by our offices recently. They were on a four-day tour of U.S. companies -- Apple, Cisco, and so forth. Their goal was both information and inspiration, about how best to keep their businesses, large and small, moving forward.