If you’ve ever worked for a boss that was openly enthusiastic about what they did, then you know how infectious that becomes for the entire company. These individuals can set the course for helping the organization separate itself from the pack by passionately ignoring the status quo and the naysayers who protect it. While not crazy, leaders like these are most certainly fanatical about changing an industry and perhaps even a culture mindset. Read More »

Meet the audace global design guru who has infused his elegante sensibility into a once-blando $27 billion American conglomerate.

Evocative is taking on non-biodegradable and toxic polystyrene by mixing agricultural products with a fungus. It is already working with Dell and Steelcase on packaging materials, and with Ford on bumpers and side doors. But can it compete when it has to grow a product instead of churning it out from a factory?

After decades' worth of vision research, Minnesota-based conglomerate 3M has tuned up its Visual Attention Service, an algorithm that can scan all types of content to determine exactly where the average human eye is most likely to be drawn.

Harris Interactive polled close to 30,000 folks to find out what companies have the best reputations in corporate America. A yet-to-be-released part of that study tested the public on which companies had the most innovative products and services. Harris provided Fast Company with the list. Here are three of the top five, stacked against our own list of innovators.

Even in the Great Recession, businesses in every industry are pushing forward with sustainability because boosting profitability and going green go hand in hand.  Still, it can be surprising how much of their eco-benefit often comes from beyond their walls through factors like shipping and packaging.  Partners like Hisco that deliver greener shipping solutions from Read More »

Three-dimensional display tech is coming to all sorts of gear, from TVs to strange desktop prototypes from Sony. And now, thanks to 3M and thin-film tech, it could be making it onto the tiny LCD of your favorite cell phone.