What a productive couple of days we've had here in FC Now! To help celebrate the second anniversary of Fast Company's team blog, about 75 readers volunteered to help host FC Now. Over the course of the last two days, Aug. 8-9, ...READ»
In British Columbia these are the closing minutes of Blogjam 2005 and I want to squeeze in a quick last item and a 'thank you'.
A member of the Vancouver Company of Friends passed along an Omidyar notebook that she'd picked up in ...READ»
Well, I began this BlogJam just after midnight yesterday, so I guess I'll wrap it up right back where I started. After two days of reading so many compelling, rich and insightful posts from FC readers and contributors, I am more ...READ»
The ever common debate is "What is more important -- the idea or the execution?" I have recently come on the side of action.
I have never found the idea part difficult. If you are a student of business, you can find inspiration ...READ»
After an unsatisfactory customer experience a few days ago, I had a follow up conversation with one of the managers. The response was that customers should understand that they cannot always get what they want... Say they wanted ...READ»
Here's my contribution to our innovative leadership theme: Apply my 95-5 Strategy to pre-select the results. Like radar, relevant results come from reading the screen accurately. Focus beyond distractions and act on what helps you ...READ»
Since my 15 minutes of fame (or fame among 15 people) is coming to an end... I wanted to express my appreciation to the team at Fast Company for inviting to be a guest contributor to Blogjam 2005. It's been interesting reading... and ...READ»
I was just listening to a podcast entitled The Future of Music hosted by David Slusher from IT Conversations. He was interviewing the authors of the book of the same name, Gerd Leonhard and David Kusek.
David indicated that he has ...READ»
I'm very impressed that Fast Company is opening up its server space to its audience in celebraton of the blogjam 2005. It represents an openness that we don't see much from business publications, and certainly not from the corporate ...READ»
As I read some of the BlogJam posts, I cannot help but ask the following question:
If I'm not "personally brilliant," is there a role for me to play in the work of innovation?
I certainly hope and believe the answer is yes. If ...READ»
There are few things that are more annoying than catching yourself doing something you know you shouldn’t do. I was talking to a friend of mine about this, and he, being the coach that he is, said this:
Much of our angst and ...READ»
In a recent report from Fox News and WebMD, research on preschool-aged children comes to an interesting conclusion:
A new study shows that children whose mothers supported their autonomy by giving them responsibilities and offering ...READ»
The new workings of the Web require a new way to think about Web design. SimpleBitsDan Cederholm is a designer and writer who has championed simplified, standards-based design in his books and his work for high-profile sites like ...READ»
I read recently where another politician has engaged a blog as a campaign tool. As the 2006 elections get closer, we are going to see more and more of the politicians and their advisors jumping on the blog bandwagon or as I preach, ...READ»
"When in your 40s, do you get to actually, like, try something you've never tried and learn something new? So that's the great thing. But once you get into it, it's also the terrible thing. Because it's terrible to feel stupid again. ...READ»
For a while I ran a little mailing list called "1000 days." It was supposed to track plans and ideas and techniques that people were using to look at their life 3+ years into the future, and to think about all of the techniques you ...READ»
Wiki maniacs were in full attendance at Wikimania last week. Not just the participants in the Wikipedia community, but users and developers of open source wiki. Seventy of 400 attendees were members of the press, which served to ...READ»
This is a continuation of an entry I posted yesterday, examining the lessons I've learned over the last year of trying to teach myself business topics, specifically so that I can hopefully start a new commercial arts center here in ...READ»
I live a stone's throw from Apple headquarters in Cupertino, in the heart of Silicon Valley. Apple is hiring.
But it's not the Apples, Oracles, Intels or Ciscos that make the economy hum here. "Historically, it is start-ups, not ...READ»
Most team building and professional development curriculums are very good at creating an atmosphere of fun and connection. Playing games and executing team exercises definitely have their place. And it is good to deepen ...READ»
