What are your expectations five years from now? As the 21st century arrives, are you feeling confident about your career and sure of your future? Fast Company
Context Integration is a fast-growing company with lots of bright ideas -- and a Web-based knowledge network to test, track, capture, and share those ideas. Chuck Salter
How do Web companies get so big so fast? By embracing the most important strategic mind flip of the 21st century. A world governed by networks is rewriting the rules for how you build companies, market products, and create value. Eric Ransdell
General Peter Schoomaker sees a new world of crisis and conflict that requires "creative solutions in ambiguous circumstances." His assignment: the recruitment and training of a new kind of problem-solving, combat-ready "warrior diplomat." Eli Cohen and Noel Tichy
Anita Borg is a living legend among computer scientists. She is also leading a worldwide movement to redesign the relationship between women and technology. Some of the world's most powerful technology companies are finally paying attention. Katharine Mieszkowski
Australia's Lend Lease Corp. is responsible for some of the world's most spectacular buildings. It's also a leader in mutual funds, computer services, and other far-flung lines of business. Polly LaBarre
Thirty years ago, hardly anyone understood the question, "What color is your parachute?" Today, it's the job hunter's mantra. Richard Bolles reckons with what has changed in the world of careers -- and, perhaps more important, what hasn't. Daniel H. Pink
One of the world's most powerful advertising executives, Martin Sorrell, offers a provocative set of ideas about doing business around the world. His biggest worry: "It's all too easy to get out of touch with what's really going on." William C. Taylor
As we head toward Y2K on skis, snowboards, bikes, and skates, the people at K2 -- a top-of-the-line recreational equipment company -- treat their island headquarters as a totally integrated, indoor-outdoor laboratory. Lisa Chadderdon
Chumbo.com sells software on the Web -- 15,000 titles from nearly 500 companies. But its "killer app" is reinventing how the software industry works. "We want to give people a richer retail experience." Heath Row
It's new! It's radical! It's digital! And it's designed for you. That's the pitch from a hot new crop of books on marketing. Together, they amount to a cutting-edge curriculum for connecting with customers. Polly LaBarre
If you want to capture people's attention -- during a presentation or while chatting on a plane -- you have to give a great performance. Actress Martha Burgess teaches theater techniques to businesspeople. Curtis Sittenfeld
Take a course at Startup U. Recent graduates of Brown founded CDNow, Nantucket Nectars, and Motley Fool. What's their secret? a 67-year-old professor who shows them the entrepreneurial ropes. Ron Lieber
The Web has become a feast for the ears as well as the eyes. You can listen in on conference calls with Wall Street analysts, get breaking news from the Balkans, or download the latest tune from Fatboy Slim. Here's Fast Company's listener's guide. Katharine Mieszkowski
Work in three acts: our players fret about being acquired, wrestle with their roles, and decide whether to be stars -- or to make their exits. Cheryl Dahle
Getting into business school is the easy part. Now comes the hard part: hardwiring your personal tool kit of learning technologies. Here's what to pack. Heath Row and Ilan Greenberg
