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2005 FC Now BlogJam Denouement

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»

Pass It On

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»

Let's Make FC NEXT Next!

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 Time for Action Is Now

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»

Wouldn't Life Be Easier If We Took the Customer out of Customer Service?

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»

Become More Innovative: The 95-5 Strategy

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»

Elvis Is Leaving the Building

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»

Call for New Leadership in the Music Industry

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»

Corporate Marketing Is a Conversation

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»

Inclusive Innovation

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»

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