Innovation Guru Dev Patnaik's Take on the Fast 50

Chuck Salter — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:44:03 +0000

Is Chipotle a one-trick pony? Is dependable Safeway actually more innovative than trendy Whole Foods? Should we have jettisoned AirAsia to make room for Virgin Galactic? Innovation expert Dev Patnaik thinks so.

The Fast 50

The Red Sox Secret Lineup

Chuck Salter — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:25:45 +0000

The Red Sox may have won two of the last four World Series, but as a business, the franchise has two strikes against it: the smallest ballpark in the Majors and one of the highest payrolls. At Fenway Park, every home game has sold out since 2003, leaving little opportunity to boost sales.

Now It's Your Turn to Rank the Most Innovative Companies

Chuck Salter — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:15:36 +0000

In the March issue of Fast Company--careful, it's hot off the press--we unveil the new and improved Fast 50, aka the Fast Company 50. This year's list is our first-ever ranking of the most innovative companies in the world. But wait, you say, that's impossible. Can't be done. The world's too big! There's too much innovation out there to keep track of! Sloooow down, Fast Company!

No. 1...For Now

Chuck Salter — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:16:30 +0000

The Fast 50

Now It's Your Turn to Rank the Most Innovative Companies

Chuck Salter — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:07:14 +0000

The Fast 50

Marissa Mayer's 9 Principles of Innovation

Chuck Salter — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:14:58 +0000

Google's VP of search products and user experience shares the rules that gives the search company its innovative edge.

David Glazer

Chuck Salter — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:26:22 +0000

The engineering director of Google explains how the company maintains its creative culture and innovative operations.

[Background: Founder of two companies, Verity and Eloquent; CTO of Open Text.]

A STARTUP CULTURE WITH 16,000 EMPLOYEES

Anne Driscoll

Chuck Salter — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:23:24 +0000

PERKS FOR GOOGLERS BY GOOGLERS

"The majority of initiatives come from our Google population. We provide an atmosphere that says, 'We're not going to do this for you. Just go do it.' And we encourage whatever special interests, whatever things you want to do. We don't want HR to be seen as something that dictates anything."

DOING WHAT MAKES SENSE

Hal Varian

Chuck Salter — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:21:11 +0000

[Background: Former dean of UC Berkeley's School of Information; author of two major economics textbooks and Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy; has taught at MIT, Stanford, Oxford, and other universities.]

Larry Brilliant

Chuck Salter — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:06:33 +0000

[Background: An endocrinologist with a masters in public health from the University of Michigan and an MD from Wayne Medical School; worked on the World Health Organization's smallpox-eradication program; founded the Seva Foundation, a nonprofit that helps eliminate curable blindness in the developing world; works as an adviser to the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Omidyar Network, and Kleiner Perkins venture capital; cofounded The Well, a pioneering online community.]