Business Books

A Consultant’s Economic Outlook using the Art of War

Respected Colleagues, I need your help. As a training consultancy operating within the business sphere over the last eighteen months, the economic state across the corporate sector signals a major shift in doctrinal thinking. With ...READ»

Business Book Challenge: Update

Last week I issued a challenge.  I wrote: "I have come to the conclusion that most (maybe all) business and strategy books are useless. They over-generalize. They offer little value.  I go in with such high ...READ»

My Business Book Challenge

I have come to the conclusion that most (maybe all) business and strategy books are useless. They over-generalize. They offer little value.  I go in with such high expectations, based on reviews and descriptions, and am almost ...READ»

Saving the World at Work

Fast Interview: Tim Sanders, author of Saving the World at Work: What Companies and Individuals Can Do to Go Beyond Making a Profit to Making a Difference, talks about how employees are greening their companies from within, the death of the casual consumer, why bosses are welcoming their ideas, and how the new exclamation of approval is "That's off the grid!"READ»

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Summer Reading: Why More People Are Listening to Books

Fast Interview: In this Q&A, Audible founder and CEO Donald Katz talks about what's popular this summer, the business of the spoken word, how life has changed since Amazon acquired his company, and why the "no asshole rule" is a vital corporate principle.READ»

• The Best Business Books of 2007

Library of the Living Dead

Embrace a business best seller at your brain's peril.READ»

Where Art Thou?

The four kinds of places that make up today's creative world.READ»

• In Praise of Spikes

In Praise of Spikes

In an exclusive excerpt, the guru of the Creative Class explains the peaks and valleys of the global economy.READ»

• Where Art Thou?

Q&A: Mr. Fix-It

Chrysler, Morrison Knudsen, Bethlehem Steel--in crisis, all called Steve Miller. In The Turnaround Kid, out February 5, the Delphi chairman writes about working for Lee Iacocca and saving some of the old economy's oldest companies.READ»

The 5th Annual Fast 50

The 5th Annual Fast 50 38. Book Database Jane Friedman HarperCollins Previous | Next Amazon started it. Google followed, as did Microsoft and Yahoo. They're all creating searchable online databases of books. Do ...READ»

They Sure Don't Make Comic Books Like They Used To

It isn't mainstream, it hasn’t been seen before, and it’s definitely not into Superman. Make way for a company that, in eschewing superheroes, inducting celebrities, and creating internationally palatable South Asian edged content, is refreshingly new and different.READ»

Judgment and Strength of a Leader

Business author and consultant Ram Charan lists the qualities successful leaders possess in Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform From Those Who Don't. Here is an excerpt.READ»

The Three Keys to Change

In this excerpt from the introduction to his new book, Change or Die: The Three Keys to Change at Work and in Life, Alan Deutschman discusses the framework to successfully change yourself.READ»

Fast Company Library

Books previously featured in Fast Company (2000)READ»

Fast Company Library

Books previously featured in Fast Company (2001)READ»

Fast Company Library

Books previously featured in Fast Company (1999)READ»

Fast Company Author Interviews

Author interviews previously featured on fastcompany.com.READ»

Fast Company Book Reviews

Book reviews previously featured on fastcompany.com.READ»

Read Between the (Unemployment) Lines

Need a boost? Sit down with one of these 20 books recommended by Fast Company's cadre of career experts. Get smart. Get inspired. Get work.READ»

Summertime, and the Reading Is Easy

Put aside your workaday reading material and pick up something that stretches your mind, grips your imagination, or backfills the gaps in your literary repertoire. We have some wise suggestions for your summer book list.READ»

On the Eve of Destruction?

It is one of the defining strategic questions of the new economy: How do you build a company that excels over the long term, but that is also capable of reacting quickly to massive shifts in technology and markets? A new book offers a carefully argued study of that urgent question.READ»

Four Power Plays

"The 48 Laws of Power" vs. Fast Company. May the most powerful leaders win.READ»

A Library of Lasting Impressions

Author, professor, and RealTime speaker Jim Collins recommends five books for leaders, idea merchants, and change agents alike.READ»

Ownership 101

Steve Mariotti gives low-income kids the entrepreneurial tools to bootstrap their way into new lives.READ»

Career Cramming

Four need-to-reads for rookiesREAD»