Table of Contents - August/September 1996

Table of Contents - August/September 1996
A Healthy Dose of Knowledge
According to Dennis Gillings to develop drugs fast, you must develop information faster. Eric Matson
Agile, Mobile, In Style
Three tools for on-the-move businesspeople. Gina Imperato and Eric Matson
All the News That Fits You
The Net delivers information you need, in a format you like, whenever you want. Steve Ditlea
Are You Hyphen-ated Enough?
Bio-Informatic. Forensic-Auditor. Enviro-Psychologist. If you want your career to take off, make yourself a one-person, cross-functional team. Kate A. Kane
Colombia's School for Business Revolutionaries
CESA's real-world curriculum teaches students 'principled private initiative.' The grade so far? Alums have created 10,000 new jobs. David Benson
Draw in the News with Crayon
You don't need a personal news service to gather and sort news. You can use a clever program called CRAYON to create your own newspaper. Steve Ditlea
Extra! Extra! See How E-News Services Rate
The race for readers is on. Fast Company
Fight. Learn. L*E*A*D
With bombs bursting in air, 4,000 soldiers do battle at the Army's National Training Center -- the world's most powerful laboratory for leadership development and change. Five lessons from the front lines of learning. Richard Pascale
Four Rules for Fast Teams
At Cambridge Technology Partners, project teams work fast, but few have worked as fast as Tammy Urban's team. Four tips for managing a high speed, tight deadline project. Eric Matson
Gear Up - For Under $750
Dave King, co-author of "The Mountain Bike Experience," can get you on the trail for under $750. Todd Balf
Gene Pool, Talent Pool: Hiring Is All in the Family
At Southwest Airlines, the term "corproate family" is more than just an overused metaphor. Gina Imperato
Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill
You can't build a great company without great people. The problem: How do you know the great people when you see them? Rules for smart hiring from Nucor Steel, Silicon Graphics, and Southwest Airlines. Peter Carbonara
Hiring Smart - and Fast
Eric Matson
How I Survived Dirt Camp
To conquer the hills above Durango, you've first got to conquer your fear. Todd Balf
How Nucor Hires: Build Yourself a Job
When looking for future employees, Norm Maero of Nucor Steel does not look for particular skills. He's looking for the right mind-set. Peter Carbonara
I See How to Work Together
Videoconferencing finally arrives and changes the nature of collaboration. John R. Quain
LifeUSA's Number One Policy - Speed
Bob MacDonald's fast-growing company is writing billions of dollars of insurance by rewriting the rules of its industry. Kate A. Kane
Looking for the Future?
A letter from the founding editors The Founding Editors
Meet the Best Little House Builder in Texas
Doyle Wilson rebuilt his company around the teachings of Deming and Toyota. Now he's the one doing the teaching. Christina Novicki
My Favorite Bookmarks - Mark Weiser
Picks from the Principal Scientest at Xerox PARC. Fast Company
My Favorite Bookmarks - Sherry Turkle
Picks from MIT professor Sherry Turkle. Fast Company
Pathfinder
Try one of these little-known, off-road gems. Todd Balf
Power User's Guide to Planners
Three helpful planners for road warriors. David Diamond
Provices and Serducts
If you think you're either in the product or the service business, you're probably in trouble. Learn to wrap a service around your product or to 'productize' your service. Michael Schrage
Q & A - Mary O'Hara Devereaux
How to save time in the global economy. Mary O'Hara Devereaux
Q & A - Walter Bender/MIT Media Lab
What's the future of personal news? Bill Breen
Quain's Top Ten - VideoPhone
John R. Quain's top ten tips for better video-conferencing. John R. Quain
Rage Against the Political Machine
Meet the Cyber-Libertarians and Techno-Communitarians -- business parties for the 21st century. Ronald Brownstein
Resources: Yellow Pages For Bike Camps
A list of the top instruction camps. Fast Company
Show Me Your Data, Not Your Face
With a new modem and software, dataconferencing is possible. Fast Company
Speed Kills (the Competition)
Jim Sims and Dennis Gillings run companies that are setting the pace in two of the world's most demanding industries. A report from the fast lane on strategy, growth, people, projects. Eric Matson
Survival Kit for Project Managers
Tools and Ideas to be faster. Eric Matson
The ABCs of Interviewing
Questions you should be asking. Peter Carbonara
The Dirt Camp Dictionary
Learn to talk the ride. Todd Balf
The More Things Transform, the More They Stay the Same
Three books purport to take us beyond Radical Change, past Reengineering, further than Growth -- and on to Transformation! With so much transformation going on, how could they be so much the same? Fast Company
The New Business Class
A Spy in the House of Work the SPY
The Right Way to Write Code - Jim Sims
According to Jim Sims, "Speed changes all the fundamentals of business." Eric Matson
The Survival Kit
If you have to stay up -- and you will -- here's the insider's guide to doing it right. Ana Marie Cox
Time Saving Resources
Time-saving tools that are worth your while. Gina Imperato
Tips for Avoiding Time-Sinks
Create more time. David Diamond
Tips for Time Shifting
Five practical pointers for getting the most from your time. David Diamond
Too Much to Do, Too Little Time
It's everyone's complaint. We've got solutions (read on -- it won't take too long). David Diamond
Troubleshooter's Guide for Ordering ISDN
Before embarking on your ISDN ordering adventure, you'd better learn how to talk to the phone company. Fast Company
We've Seen the Future of Work and It Works, But Very Differently
How the visionaries in Grand Rapids are getting your papers to float, your desk to travel, and your office to multiply. Charles Fishman
Webcasting
Video broadcasting over the Internet. John R. Quain
Wide Awake on the New Night Shift
They don't punch in, they live in. The all-nighter is the new rite of passage for young professionals. Who ever thought working so hard could be so much fun? Ana Marie Cox
You Are Your URL
Personal Web pages don't just communicate what you know. They say a lot about who you are and where you're going. Gina Imperato

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