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Reverend Cecil Williams, of San Francisco's Glide Memorial United Methodist, is on a mission: He's teaching tradition-bound congregations how to stay vital by embracing change.

Job Titles of the Future: Tim Cleaver

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The founder of Federal Express and the creator of overnight delivery is obsessed with time and the pursuit of speed. He learned everything he knows about leadership from the marines. And he gets choked up at the movies.

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Enough Already

When is a Net strategy more than just a Net strategy? When it enables a company to change an entire way of doing business. At Nestle USA, a bid to create the "very best" Web sites has become a vehicle for reinventing a staid, risk-averse culture.

The push for online privacy threatens to kill the dream of super-sophisticated, Net-driven marketing. But There are simple ways that companies can have their data and protect it too.

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Career Move

Phillip Harter hit the "forward" button on his email program and became an accidental celebrity.

For decades, Lear Corp. made car seats. Today, with the help of virtual reality and other digital technologies, Lear makes a whole lot more -- and makes it a whole lot faster. Along the way, the company learned how to get real about what technology can an

How can financial-services companies and banks improve the odds that big technology bets will pay off? At the Wall Street Solutions Center, they try before they buy.

A letter from the founding editors.

In April 1998, Fast Company introduced The Agenda: an annual awards issue that recognizes companies for excellence in grassroots leadership, humane technology, total teamwork, and sustainable growth. At a time when change is fast, powerful, and relentless, when the flow of information is overwhelming, when anything seems possible, these categories suggest what matters -- not just what is doable, but what is worth doing.

"Many things matter, and here's what matters most."

"There is no correlation at all between success and hours worked."

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