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June 2012

June 2012

Issue 166

June 2012

The 100 Most Creative People in Business

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This year's celebration of business innovators who dare to think differently includes 100-plus pieces of advice to inspire you to get more creative, too. Browse by name, from Chinese environmental revolutionary Ma Jun to BuzzFeed's Ben Smith and from eccentric entertainer CeeLo Green to Harvard Molecular Animator Janet Iwasa. Or browse by skill for creative tips on how to think better, lead better, be weirder, and more. Read More

By Fast Company Staff

#1 Ma Jun, Director, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs
#5 Ceelo Green, Entertainer
#28 Wes Anderson, Director, "Moonrise Kingdom"
#49 Neil Degrasse Tyson, Host, "Cosmos" and "StarTalk"
#72 Jared Leto, Entrepreneur, Musician
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Now

Urban Gardening, Redefined
Horticulture has never been this cool.

Sara Lee's New Diet: Meat, Tea
Sara Lee, best known for their frozen pound cakes, splits into two businesses this month: one for meats and the other for beverages.

The Recommender
More of what our recommenders are loving this month.

Are You Smarter Than An MBA Student?
Test your smarts with these sample questions from the new GMAT.

Googling For Jokes
Robots Feel Nothing When They Hold Hands is a new book by the creative team behind Family Guy.

Viewing The Transit Of Venus
The last passage of the Transit of Venus in our lifetime takes place June 5 (the next won't happen until 2117).

Reckoning Of The Month
Six months ago, Google’s Eric Schmidt predicted that Android would be the No. 1 choice of developers by...today. So what is Schmidt saying now?

Commence The Speeches
To prep the class of 2012, we asked some keynote speakers to summarize their lessons in 12 words.

The Promise Of "Good" TV
Does OWN's dismal ratings prove that viewers don't like "happy" TV? What does this mean for Magic Johnson's soon-to-be launched network, Aspire?

Bet You Don't Make This Much Money Per Second
Check out how much Apple and ExxonMobil make each second.

Meltdown For Ratings!
Three celebs that bounced back after facing epic public meltdowns.

Kraft's Crafty Package Design
How Kraft's Milkbite cereal bar packaging makes you subliminally think of ice cold milk.

Roving Packs Of Indie Filmmakers
Beasts of the Southern Wild, which nabbed Sundance's top 2012 prize, is the product of a new trend in indie films--collectives.

How Mickey Spends His Money
Revenue for Disney's Parks and Resorts division grew to $11.8 billion in the last fiscal year, up 10%.

June 2012 Conference Calendar
Conferences you don't want to miss in June.

Next

Shaking Up Crowdfunding
It’s that classic story: Guy has idea to buy beer company. Guy tries to raise funds. Guy catalyzes new federal legislation.

Rethinking Vo-Tech
Tech giants are teaming up with public schools to give kids a path to science jobs.
Launch Slideshow

The New Olympic Footprint
Around the world, host cities are stuck with giant venues built for the Games but rarely needed again. London will be different.

That's So Fly
Brazil, China, and Russia take to the skies, bidding for large shares of the $2 trillion narrow-body-jet market.

Green Rum, Green Rum
By greening his distillery, a Puerto Rican rum scion picked up the company's profits.

Blockbuster-itis
Tech is becoming a hits-driven business. This isn't a good thing.

A New Weapon In The Thumb Wars
Facing an onrush of free IP chat apps like iMessage and Skype, Vodafone and other international telcos unite to save their SMS profits.

The Minority Report Report
A decade ago, audiences were as wowed by Tom Cruise's gesture-based computer navigation as they were by the film's plot. Here, a look at ways that tech has taken hold--and how silly it may require users to look.

Wanted

China, In Three Ways
"Made in China" is a phrase we hear every day; "designed in China," not so much.

Learning On A Curve
Using a three-dimensional veneer-molding technology developed by German company Reholz, Herman Miller finally gets its plywood shell chair.

Manual Power
Classic manual tools that bring the pleasure back to handmade goods.

The Upright Light
Jake Dyson talks about the inspiration behind his sleek desk lamp that won't droop or dim.

A Case Study
A lens case from Pretty Mundane Objects is anything but.

Progress Report

Giving Sight To The Blind
Seeing happens in the brain, where visual information is processed. So if a person's eyes don't work, visual information can be channeled to the brain through another body part--like the tongue.