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This promises to be a joyous holiday season for Steve Jobs and the incandescent Apple. Over the past year, the company's...

"Come play!" Shana Fisher emails this challenge from her eighth-floor perch at IAC headquarters, a sleek, white Frank Gehry jewel on...

Between Al Gore's movie, an Inconvenient Truth, and the inconvenient truth that gas costs an average of $2.85 a gallon, average consumers are joining the ranks of a long list...

It seems that the online marketers are developing new internet marketing schemes every day. Often, they are offering their new ideas for a price to others at the same time. You probably think that...

Oil prices are soaring. Returns on energy stocks have been fat. The 30 largest oil companies account for some 6% of the entire global equities market....

LS9's world headquarters looks like a dorm room on move-out day. The reception area at the biotech company's San Carlos, California, digs is stark white, unashamedly bare. No...

 It's always exciting and interesting when a large company announces change.  After all if there is something that defines human existence it's change, and the constant evolution of human...

Fast Company is about to shake things up again. Back in 1995, in our first issue, we announced on our cover: "Computing is Social." It became a Fast...

As we all know, we're living in the great age of innovation. Of course, so did our parents. And their parents. Each generation seems to rediscover innovation -- and repeat the...

Facebook can be a lousy date. Nearly a month after Microsoft slipped Mark Zuckerberg's "social graph" $240 million for a pocket-sized 1.6% stake, the network unleashed an...

#1 Google The faces and voices of the world's most...

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 ...

Publishing isn't dead, it's just sleeping -- with a vampire. Harlequin, one of the world's largest publishers of romance fiction, has reached well beyond the supermarket checkout line by using...

On Friday, an internal...

The following is a reponse to a lengthy and thoughtful (though at times off-base) analysis of the new FastCompany.com by Forrester Research analyst Jeremiah Owyang. His post can be found at:...

Those who follow the game industry track several on-going debates. One of the most vital points of contention is whether or not an industry future that replaces competing platforms (such as...

February and Black History Month are just about over, so, building upon my last post about Black...

Steve Case might be the closet thing imaginable to a family-oriented, self-made middle-class billionaire. Like "ordinary" Middle-Class Millionaires, Case sees vacations as opportunities...

At the magazine, the choice to put Google at the top of our "most innovative companies" list was almost a fait accompli. No one seriously argued for any other player to head the list. Check...

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...

Trek Top Fuel 69er Best for: Cross country trail riding. While the 69er is dual suspension -- both wheels can absorb impacts using air-sprung shock...

"Whatever you do, don't hurt Barack!" It was the afternoon of Super Tuesday, and the Chicago sky threatened snow. Senator Barack Obama had just...

"If society is ready to embrace a trend, almost anyone can start one. And if it isn't, then almost no one can." So says network theory scientist, Duncan...

  Spend ten minutes watching television and you will hear a dozen advertising slogans.  A few words strung together to convey the essence of the...

Here's something you probably don't know about the Internet: Simply by designing your product the right way, you can build a billion-dollar business...

We live in an age of piracy. Intellectual property can no longer be locked up in the corporate castle. Instead, it flows as freely as trade winds--and can be plundered in the...

The nomination application for Fast 50 Reader Favorites has returned, and we have extended the deadline for nomination to May 31. Please use the button below to nominate a...

Where to begin? Since our newly blended journalism/community platform was released on February 11, we’ve received more attention for ...

Each season, 15 designers compete for the chance to showcase their designs at New York's Fashion Week and to win $100,000 to fund their businesses. The competition takes place...

The No. 2 killer in Africa by parasite, after malaria, is an organism called Entamoeba histolytica -- or "Eh" for short. It was discovered...

In the 19th century, the Bay Area saw the rise of William Randolph Hearst as a new type of media baron. Now the Silicon Valley has Michael Arrington, founder and editor of ...

It's shockingly expensive. The roads are jammed with traffic. The subway system's hopeless, and the buses no better. There's a surveillance camera on every...

Behind the covers with Fast Company senior editor Jeff Chu on the process of creating Fast Cities 2008. Here we learn what makes a city fast -- and what fast means...

And you thought Facebook was just for getting a date! Stanford Professor BJ Fogg, who is writing a book...

In 2006, Scott A. Jones co-founded ChaCha.com, a search engine that uses human guides to answer queries. Now they're expanding to the mobile space, allowing users to call...

1. Success: Cloverfield Breakthrough: Blockbuster event movie shot in digital video Message: Godzilla...

- 17 Contestants ate 576.5 hot dogs and buns at last year's Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest. - 66 Hot...

Chris Reed isn't your typical CEO. He's a tie-dye aficionado who sports a ponytail, eats vegetarian, and enthuses ceaselessly about the benefits of yoga, Ayurveda, and...

On Thursday, Radiohead released a live video album exclusively on iTunes. The album -- called In Rainbows - From the Basement -- features the band playing various tracks from its new...

Today I found out about a company called Houdini www.houdinisoft.com that apparently can legally “unlock”...

Dear Job Hunters:  Remember all the rules you were taught about how to find a new job? (sorry, I meant "an exciting new opportunity"!)  Well,...

Hanh mitakuyapi. Recently, I was helping some people apply for a startup loan for a micro-business when one of the bureaucrats asked me about the size of the loan we were seeking. He thought it was...

Ebay has built an empire through the sale of second-hand items by private sellers, but as an increasing amount of retailers offer new brand name products, the online auction site finds itself in...

The question asked in our most recent informal innovation poll was “What drivers of Green Innovation do see in your organization?”  What did you say about this? Two green drivers...

Much ado is made of mobile phone makers' tyrannical control over their devices, but few companies have stepped up to the plate to offer a truly open alternative. OpenMoko seems to be taking the...

This week WorkFast.TV comes a day early to accommodate July 4, Independence Day. The guest today, Timothy Ferriss, is a great...

How many times we've heard that we live in technology driven and technology oriented societies ? It would be safe to say that everyone in western world knows that, some live by it and some just take...

Expressing gratitude breeds optimists Children don’t seem to say ‘thank you’ any more in public.  This worries me.  Not because I worry about ‘values’, but...

There are several Apple/Mac/iPhone-esque sites out there who for the past week have been telling consumers to get ...

If you want to succeed in your life and career, you must become an outstanding performer.  Outstanding performance is one of the five keys to success that I discuss in my book “Straight Talk...

In her blog, Do We Really Need to be iReady?, Darla Mack discusses the marketing push...

One of Freud's dictums was: "Where id is, let ego be." In essence, replace your runaway impulses (Id) with a more reason/reality driven (Ego) approach to life. Not a bad guide to live...

2008 has been a turbulent year for agency and brand marketers alike. With ad budgets pulled back but agency and brand marketing result expectations as great as ever, I've been spending a lot of...

Today's show, The 10 Secrets of Highly Productive People, features Matt Rissell, CEO of ...

The Web is an extremely fickle place. A Web service can be hot today, and dead in the water tomorrow. While there's no true science for determining exactly what makes one stick...

Everyone is talking about how to attract and then keep Gen Y, and the knee jerk reaction to keeping a superstar is to throw money, a vacation abroad or another week off to keep them on board....

I read a tweet from a journalist/blogger yesterday who advised a budding public relations rookie not to pitch. In his words, "Pitch=Spam". Interesting take, right? So, how does this guy get...

Have you ever wondered why some companies are exceptional and always on the top? Have you ever thought what makes Sony, Toyota, GE, and Nokia and many others world-class companies? Is it their...

The domain name you select for your Web site is a key factor when measuring your site's presence and position in the search engine rankings. It is recommended that you begin researching...

Every summer at the E3 videogame event the big 3 platform holders have press conferences to try to capture the attention of gaming journalism, mainstream media, and the public. How did they fare...

In this age of branding, public image is no longer limited to business but is now very personal. Since the boom of the social networking sites such as Myspace, Facebook ...Hi5 (hey,...

After free lunch and drinks outside the Shrine Auditorium, Jack Tretton, president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America welcomed the media to the Sony briefing. Tretton began by taking a...

Probably one of the most uncomfortable things a first time entrepreneur has to attempt is their first set of financial projections.  Frequently I hear the...

Blogger Jason Calacanis has retired from blogger, saying blogging is dead. He's now shifting to email. Read about why in TechCrunch's ...

 Is it time that we turned back the clock, figure out what made the web tick, combine it with recent innovative strategies, and then apply it to our innovation strategy? I think so. Read...

Here are seven principles of Warren Buffet on living a life of simplicity and happiness. Happiness comes from within. "In my adult business...

Outstanding performance is the third key to career and life success that I discuss in my book “Straight Talk for Success.”  If you want to become an outstanding performer you have to become...

On Tuesday, July 14, 2008, I attended the Green...

How many times have you been to a networking event and been afraid to talk to 99% of the people? Even outgoing people sometimes feel out of place or get the wrong vibe from the crowd. I...

Undoubtedly, you work your tail off everyday to be the most professional, productive, and successful salesperson that you can be. But, is it possible that you are leaving business on the table?...

My friend Sherri, who works for a Credit Union in Eastern Canada, uses story. Every week Sherri sends out an email/story that reinforces core behaviors the organization is seeking to develop....

In my last post, I mentioned how scaled back the show was and how much smaller the crowd was making it easier to play the games on display. But as always, it's hard to get a chance to play the...

Late last year, Marshall Goldsmith reported on a study that found a majority of...

Flashy and innovative, concepts offer auto designers the opportunity to let their imaginations run wild. From beginning to end, designers can spend anywhere from six months to...

My family and I went to a Drive-In movie a couple of weeks ago and watched ...

My first job right out of college was at J Walter Thompson Company in New York. I had an Ivy League degree and I was hired as...a typist. I spent the day putting carbon paper in documents,...

If there are any late approaching developers who are just getting their feet wet with proper declarative markup, they may find themselves running back to table based coding quicker than they...

Identity Management has been a pretty hot topic for a while now. As some digital providers getting more traction and recognition from large companies such as Microsoft, Google and Yahoo - I looked at...

Did you see the last round of the British Open?  As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become more interested in watching individual sports like golf and tennis – especially the majors.  I...

Found|Read on GigaOM published a great post on Sunday titled How to Avoid the Curse of Vision Overload. The core of ...

Here are just a few of the reasons the new Apple iPhone 3G still sucks: 1. Too expensive to own. 2. Can’t use the GPS like a GPS. 3. Can’t tether...

As a marketer I have to admit that I had a rather visceral reaction to the June 2008 article by Dan and Chip Heath called "Dirty Marketing Campaigns: How marketers create disgust and...

Why in the world do you think Tiger Woods has Coach Hank Haney by his side? Surely you know that Tiger can most probably kick the pants off Haney any day of the week. ...

Not a week goes by where I don't - somewhere - make mention of the importance of having a blog installed on your primary domain. See, just having the ability to add content to your Web site...

Every company has a story – where it’s been, where it is today, and where it wants to go tomorrow. A strategy typically serves as this “story map” for the future. Leaders spend a great...

The potential success of Mentee/Mentor pairing can often times be similar to that of dating. There are a host of reasons why a paired Mentee and Mentor would not be the ideal match, some of which...

I think Jason Calcanis' now-famous proclamation that blogging is dead is wrong for one specific reason: he thinks the replacement for blogging is an email distribution list. Here are...

This is installment four in my series on building a sustainable innovation culture. In installment one, I outlined the Five Pillars of Sustainable Innovation Culture. Installment two examined...

A 360 Degree Feedback Review is a multi-source feedback, multi-rater assessment, upward feedback or peer evaluation designed to give you a panoramic view of your leadership capabilities. It is a...

I've been flying USAir for over 20 years, Like all other airlines, they've had their ups and downs. An article in ...

I'm a firm believer in the fact that every single one of us thinks that we are in fact "cool". I think, err, know, that I am cool because of the clothes that I wear, my long hair is cool,...

In 1999, when Peter Senge wrote the Dance of Change, he described spiritual intelligence as the space, freedom and safety to bring your whole self to work. Nine years...

This morning I read AdAge's article about Taco Bell's stupidity - 50 Cent Sues Taco Bell Over Value-Menu Stunt...

Every year, Fast Company magazine releases their Fast 50, the fifty most innovative companies doing business. And every year, since I've been...

1.Art installed throughout healthcare facilities makes everyone feel better! Art in hospitals, clinics, examining rooms and offices is widely recognised as a valuable asset to healing and a...

Leadership is not all that complicated. If a leader inspires Confidence, engenders Trust and commands Respect, people will gladly follow. On the other hand if a leader triggers doubt, engenders...

Gordon Bethune, the former Chairman and CEO of Continental Airlines used to say, “If you have a buger on your nose and your team says, boss you look great today, because they are too afraid to tell...

When most of us lose our job, we don’t uncork the champagne. But when Lewis Green was laid off from his VP of marketing job six years ago, he and his wife didn’t waste a moment to start...

MOVIE CLIP: The Galfromdownunder...

Why study interruption? I became interested in it from my own personal experience. I moved here from Europe back in 2000. I was stunned by the amount...

A presentation is a great way for you to show off what you know and build credibility for your personal brand. While presenting sounds like a good idea, many people don’t know...

Batman isn't just a comic book character who has been franchised for multiple movies, he's a leader. He happens to be a leader that we in business can learn a lot from. ...

Are you hearing this a lot? “Be real.” “Be authentic.” “Be yourself.” I certainly am. These days, being “real” and “authentic” seems to be on everybody’s mind. ...

In my opinion, the one core skill that any person needs, be it in business or life in general, is the ability to clearly communicate their thoughts and views. After all, without clear...

Throughout my entire life I have been a huge sports fan. Although football has always been my favorite sport, the sport that I was best at in high school was basketball.Due to my desire in high...

Monitoring the huge trend in corporate social media, executives around the world are testing new ways of sharing information and trying to discard some old school stumbling blocks. Many corporate...

Think there's nothing to learn from a crazy mom who sells weed in the surburbs? Think again. Mary Louise Parker's character Nancy is the classic example of an entrepreneur. I've made no...

The late nights studying your craft, hours spent pouring over books, the pain of listening to that monotoned professor in college, and the endless cramming sessions for exams all so you can earn...

By now everyone knows that networking is the core of any entrepreneurial venture; Networking is marketing and marketing is key in promoting yourself, a service or product. Image and reputation...

People work because they have to, but they only engage when they want to. Unlocking that desire means artfully tapping into people’s discretionary efforts by finding out how to get them...

People often describe themselves as master networkers. They attend gobs of events, pass out thousands of business cards and flit from group to group, doing everything they can to get people to...

Randy Pausch died last Friday.  He was the Carnegie Mellon Professor who’s “Last Lecture” became an internet sensation, inspired a bestselling book and two Diane Sawyer television...

The most frequently asked question we hear is, “What is the most effective way to market my practice?” The answer to this is both simple and not-so-simple. The simple part is that you should...

Often when I speak to people about success and personal development, I sense that some individuals doubt what I speak about. Many people are very skeptical of the message that emphasizes the...

You do that without knowing it. You have a favorite restaurant, club, or gym based upon intangibles. You really like it there because it gives you that something extra you have come to expect of...

No, I'm not a luddite who fears intrusive new technology and abhors its use. Nor am I a hermit who refuses to join in the fun of interacting with others through online social networks. I'm on...

I believe that the trend for major media sites to open their platforms to contributors like you and me will continue. Blogging and expressing our ideas creatively is a demanding skill that must...

Michael Hyatt, President and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers writes about his life, his company, and leadership on his blog. In the blog, he provides keen insights for leadership and business. In one...

The backbone of public relations, social media, marketing communications and advertising programs is content that engages, educates and entertains. Our methodology at Strategic Communications...

Steven Prentice, the noted Gartner analyst who predicted that by "by the end of 2011, 80 percent of active Internet users (and Fortune 500 enterprises) will have a ‘second life’, but not...

One of the key determinants of your success as a young entrepreneur is commitment. The moment you have started on your venture and are working your way towards carving your niche in the market...

Information architecture isn’t sexy. In fact, good information architecture shouldn’t be something your website visitors even notice. Information architecture is basically how your site is...

As I point out in Straight Talk for Success, successful people create positive personal impact.  If you want to create positive personal impact, you need to do three things: 1) create, build and...

Second Life, the virtual reality site, is reaching out to a new audience: businesses. SL is seeing an uptick in traffic for business meetings, conference calls and classes --...

The Network Marketing is becoming a great opportunity to people around the world to make money. Also to help personal development as individuals. Some started operations since the 50's. It's a...

The Boston Consulting Group has released their latest report on innovation, “Innovation 2008: Is the Tide Turning?” As always, the BCG report provides some great insights on the state of...

Outstanding performance is one of the keys to success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success.  If you want to become an outstanding performer, you need to do three things: 1) become a...

I am a fan of Sean “Puffy” “Diddy” Combs. I admire what he has accomplished as an entrepreneur and a mogul in the various industries spreading from music and entertainment into the...

Ever wondered what the steps were for converting prospects into customers? Sure you have to make sure you have propects who are potential customers to begin with, but there's a lot more to making...

Presentations scare a lot of people. Do you have a fear of speaking in public? Or does it come naturally to you? Please leave a comment telling us about your adventures and misadventures in...

Marketers are confused these days. The things that have worked for decades aren’t working anymore. Can you imagine if you worked for 30 years in your given vocation and then, almost over night,...

Still unsure about Second Life -- the virtual world -- as a tool for helping your business do better? Besides virtual meetings, the platform is also conducive to training. ...

When a company hires someone who does not succeed, it can cost 3-6 times the amount of the hiring salary. Besides salary, taxes and benefits, there are an immense number of hidden costs related...

Leaders who work for large corporations at the production level or in satellite or plant locations are often challenged with implementing corporate initiatives at their particular level. They are...