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Features

And Now the Hard Part

Can JetBlue make the leap from popular (and profitable) niche airline to major player -- without losing its soul? Only if it can grow big but stay small at heart. Chuck Salter

Web Exclusive: On the Runway

As a corollary to May's cover feature on JetBlue, senior writer Chuck Salter flagged down JetBlue CEO David Neeleman for a candid Q&A about how customer service, employee satisfaction, the long view, and hands-on leadership can help the upstart airline fly high -- and survive increasing competition and the challenges of fast growth.

Web Exclusive: Calling JetBlue

JetBlue's recipe for customer service success combines work-at-home moms, flexible schedules, employee education, individual initiative, and... Potbelly Bear.

What`s The Buzz?

A young Boston-based marketing agency has put together a nationwide army of just plain folks who stand ready to give your product great word of mouth--for a price. One caveat: Schlockmeisters need not apply. Linda Tischler

The Truth Shall Set You Free

For the past 23 years, Harbour and Associates has told U.S. automakers what they don`t want to hear--that they`re inefficient and uncompetitive. Here`s why knowing the worst about yourself can be the best thing that ever happened to you. Chuck Salter

Poof! Movie Magic

Think technology has transformed filmmaking? Hold onto your Raisinets. The summer movie season will bring some eye-popping, digitized, computerized extravaganzas that take the talkies to a whole new level. Scott Kirsner

The Toll of a New Machine

It started with ATMs. Then gas stations. Now self-service kiosks are taking over airports and invading McDonald`s restaurants. Is this the face of the jobless recovery? Or will automation make service better for workers and customers alike? Charles Fishman

Balance & Balance Sheets

By now most of the world (outside of the occasional football coach) knows that a woman-friendly workplace is good business. But while many big companies have all sorts of programs to retain and promote women, one obscure accounting firm has been particularly successful at doing so. So what do they know? Jena McGregor

A Day in the Life of Work: Wave Runner

A former lawyer found her true calling as a harbor pilot, steering 1,000-foot tanker ships through Portland`s waterways. Fiona Haley

Fast Talk: Now Hiring

At a time when all of corporate America seems to be doing more with less, we found a few companies, big and small, that are actually staffing up. So we had to ask: Why are you hanging out the "Help Wanted" sign? Ryan Underwood

Next

For Disney, the Story Not Told

The Disney shareholder showdown was as long as an epic. Too bad it didn`t have an epic hero. Charles Fishman

Chatter

Thanks, Mom! Cheryl Della Pietra

The World Is Their R&D Lab

Innovation middlemen try to put inventors and businesses together. It`s a way for companies to find great ideas outside their own R&D labs. Jena McGregor

CEO See-Ya!

David McCourt, CEO of RCN Corp. Carleen Hawn

Cavorting With Cavuto

How the host of cable`s highest-rated business show brings the market to the masses. Ryan Underwood

Brands With Character

How to create the next Doughboy? One company takes clients to three-day Character Camps to help overhaul their brand images. Fara Warner

Mighty Mints

Hospitality Mints` confections are less about the candy inside than the wrapper outside. Irwin Speizer

" Baby," maybe

Here`s a question: Are "baby" carrots, the tasty, two-inch orange snacks in little bags, really baby carrots? The answer is a lesson in getting new growth from old products. Charles Fishman

60 Seconds With Erik Weihenmayer

Erik Weihenmayer was the first blind climber to scale Mt. Everest. Now he`s helping corporations see things in a different light. Danielle Sacks

Priorities, on the Brink

Fast Company`s former managing editor decides to stop following a passive, if lucky, career path. Nate Nickerson

A High-Tech Body Shop

Problem: How to dispose of corporate PCs. Solution: Recondition them for sale to low-income families. Fiona Haley

Good To Great

Good Technology goes toe to toe with Research in Motion by focusing on the software used by BlackBerry -- not the device. Alison Overholt

Truck Wars

The nation`s package-delivery giants are racing to test and adopt cleaner engine technologies. Here`s how their fleets compare. Abby Schultz

Scary Movie

A Canadian documentary asserts that the modern-day corporation meets the criteria of a psychopath. Cheryl Della Pietra

Uganda, the Entrepreneur`s Paradise

Want to start or run a new business? You`ll be surprised which countries are the most entrepreneurial. Fast Company

The iPod Comes Home

Does the new mini make your old iPod seem like a clunker? Turn it into your home stereo. Here`s what you`ll need. Dean Markadakis

This Close

An entrepreneur hopes to open a chain of power-napping centers. It`s a vision for the future--and may well stay that way. Lucas Conley

The Barbie Problem

What is it with Barbie and commitment? Danielle Sacks

Office Handbook

Chapter 55: Excused Absences Ryan Underwood

The Corporate Shrink

A chairman`s childish churlishness. Dr. Kerry J. Sulkowicz

Playbook

Lessons From the Doom Loop

What to do when your company and career are caught in a death spiral. Ted Harro

Do You Make the Grade?

Our own editor got tough grades when he asked Fast Company staffers to evaluate his performance using an online service. John A. Byrne

Readers' Choice

In the business fable The Radical Leap, a consultant gleans leadership wisdom from a surfer.

Leave It at the Stream

Instead of being a Monday-morning quarterback, focus on next week`s game. Marshall Goldsmith

From Subject to Citizen

Getting the feudalism out of capitalism. Shoshana Zuboff

Send in the Clowns

When it comes to the health of your company, it`s time to stop clowning around. Seth Godin

More Great Stuff

Why JetBlue Is a Fast Company

This month`s letter from the editor. John A. Byrne

Between The Lines

The stories behind this issue`s stories. Fast Company

Feedback

Letters. Updates. Advice. Fast Company

The Net/Net

A go-to guide of the products and services featured in this month`s issue Fast Company

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