Features

• Go to the Head of the Class!

  Thanks to the Web, you can learn what you want -- when you want to learn it. From programming in a new language to talking the language of Wall Street, here's your online-curriculum guide.

• Learning for a Change

  Ten years ago, Peter Senge introduced the idea of the "learning organization." Now he says that for big companies to change, we need to stop thinking like mechanics and to start acting like gardeners.

• Our Wow Project

  A letter from the founding editors.

• My Favorite Bookmarks - Mark Erickson

  Picks from the vice president of culinary development, Digital Chef, Inc.

• Do These Online Schools Make the Grade?

  A point-by-point look at five institutions that offer programs entirely on the Web.

• The Wow Project

  In the new economy, all work is project work. And you are your projects! Here's how to make them all go Wow!

• How to Wow

  Meet three project experts who can teach you the Art of Wow!

• The Proto Project

  To learn how to innovate, learn how to prototype. Here's how Microsoft and Boeing make their projects go Wow!

• Navigating Change

  Richard Russell, head of corporate-strategy development for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, wants to change how the navy fights -- by changing how it thinks.

• Y2K Problem? What Y2K Problem?

  The Y2K computer bug will be your problem if you PC doesn't know what year it is. Don't waste time waiting for your company's techies to bail you out. Here's how to help yourself.

• The Ultimate Guide to Internet Deals

  Companies that want to make it big on the Net have to learn how to make deals fast. Here are hands-on lessons and real-world stories from some of the Web's best deal makers. Are you ready to deal?

• This is a Marketing Revolution

  Capital One is winning big in the cutthroat world of credit cards by changing the rules. Its mission: Deliver the right product, at the right price, to the right customer, at the right time. Its method: Never stop testing, learning, or innovating.

• Keyboard on a Roll

  This keyboard sets a storage standard.

• My Favorite Bookmarks - Minda Sandler

  Picks from the vice president of Reel.com.

• How to be a Real Leader

  Kevin Cashman advises leaders from companies such as American Express, Pillsbury, and Rollerblade. His message: "To be more effective with others, we first need to become more effective with ourselves."

• Laughter is the Best Method

  Meeting I Never Miss

• www.askthespy.com

  A Spy in the House of Work

• Fly Shoes

  These sharp shoes do more than walk the walk.

• How to Overcome Your Strengths

  Hey, fast-tracker, you'd better beware: It's not your weaknesses that can trip you up on your way to the top -- it's your strengths. Here's how to prevent your talent from doing you in.

• All the Right Moves

  Think fast. Think under pressure. That's how you win in business -- and in chess. Here is a master class from Bruce Pandolfini, one of the world's great chess teachers, on how to think like a champion.

• Big Y2K Problem, Bigger Opportunity

  What's Your Problem?

• Keeper of the Magic

  Job Titles of the Future: Craig Ullman

• The Email Prescription

  If your company is so smart, why is it so dumb when it comes to email? "Dr. Email" has the cure for managing the Net's killer app.

• Brainless Fish in Topless Bar

  Consultant Debunking Unit

• Measure What Matters

  Unit of One

• Cyber Unions

  Report from the Futurist

• Money - Is That What You Want?

  Pamela York Klainer advises high achievers on the challenges of work and life. But sooner or later, it all comes down to money. Which is why she always urges her clients to write their "money autobiography."

• Road Rules - Rule 9

  Don't drive yourself crazy.

• Fast Focus

  Kodak's "fast flow" factory in Guadalajara, Mexico builds nearly 40 million Fun Saver cameras each year. The plant, called SUN Guadalajara, combines the best attributes of a good photograph to create a picture of how to succeed in global competition.

• Rugged Luggage

  This luggage can take all the rocking and rolling of business travel.

• Do These Online Schools Make the Grade?

  A point-by-point look at five institutions that offer programs entirely on the Web.

• Thirst for Wealth

  This Web startup found its own fresh-water spring -- in cyberspace.

• Annual Reports - Get Me Rewrite!

  How one design firm adds creativity to business's most predictable document: the annual report.

• Will That Be a Table for One?

  Fast Company focuses on five restaurants where solo diners can go for more than a good meal.

• Minister of Enlightenment

  Job Titles of the Future: Matthew Grant

• The Medium is the Massage

  Our intrepid traveler seeks answers to the eternal questions: Are spas overrun by rich matrons? What's the deal with New Age music? And why am I buck naked in front of total strangers?

• Advertisers in Issue 24

  Interact with the companies whose products and services are advertised in Fast Company.