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Innovation & Making Ideas Actually Happen.

BY Scott BelskyMon Feb 25, 2008 at 11:37 AM

Thomas Edison said it best, "Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration." For the creative professional, we believe that ideas are simply sparks in an ether of possibility. But the sparks often disappear as quickly as ...READ»

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The Creativity of Commitment stickK.com

BY martin bakerSun Feb 24, 2008 at 11:11 AM

It all began with two slightly overweight graduate economics students at MIT.  Using the profit motive as the basis of a contract -- Dean Karlin promised to pay John Romalis $10,000 if he didn't lose 38 lbs by a certain ...READ»

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The Creativity of Commitment stickK.com

BY martin bakerSun Feb 24, 2008 at 11:09 AM

It all began with two slightly overweight graduate economics students at MIT.  Using the profit motive as the basis of a contract -- Dean Karlin promised to pay John Romalis $10,000 if he didn't lose 38 lbs by a certain ...READ»

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We have the technology... so what?

BY Mark DykemanFri Feb 15, 2008 at 3:31 PM

I can talk to virtually anyone, anywhere in the world. But what if I don't have anything useful to say? What if I don't know how to express an idea logically so that someone else can follow my thoughts? What if my audience ...READ»

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I Like B&N’s New Return Policy

BY Jason MarcusonThu Feb 14, 2008 at 1:50 PM

Retailers seem to be cracking down on returns lately, and I don’t really blame them. I’m all for fairness if a product is defective, or the wrong size, but you have to draw the line somewhere. The customer isn’t right if ...READ»

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Do we know the goal of communicating our own idea?

BY Sumit AwasthiWed Feb 13, 2008 at 11:25 PM

Have you ever found yourself fading in and out while someone is talking to you? And while you are doing that, you wonder what you are going to say next? It happens to most of us. We never tend to give a thought to what we want to ...READ»

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Breaking Down the Best Companies to Work For

BY Jason MarcusonTue Feb 12, 2008 at 3:15 PM

Shouldn't it be "The Best Companies For Whom to Work?" Whatever. Let's take a look at the companies making this highly-publicized list for 2008: Number of publishers: Zero. That's unfortunate now, ...READ»

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Is Your Brand Real? (Wikipedia or Bust...)

BY aaron wallMon Jan 28, 2008 at 9:27 PM

Wikipedia vs Encyclopedia Wikipedia is often compared to encyclopedias while people debate which is better, more reliable, and more accurate. In response to one such study by the sience journal Nature, Britannica refuted the ...READ»

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TPN :: The Connections Show - The Art of Business Networking

BY Stan RelihanSat Jan 19, 2008 at 7:50 AM

I'm the host of 'The Connections Show', a weekly Podcast that puts you ahead of the curve with the latest developments in Internet, Web 2.0 and Social & Business Networking. http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com As a Top 50 ...READ»

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Window to the Soul: the Subway to New York

BY Saabira ChaudhuriTue May 8, 2007 at 2:41 PM

Apart from being just about the best place to advertise, New York's subway could be a goldmine both for sociologists and for market research professionals. Of course, I'm not suggesting that the subway is representative of all of New ...READ»

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Paying For Convenience

BY Tamara SchweitzerThu Feb 15, 2007 at 3:15 PM

Not many cities have capitalized on delivery services quite like Manhattan, where people have the luxury of grocery or laundry delivery, or even a delivery from their shopping spree at Bed, Bath & Beyond. Yet it seems that the ...READ»

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Is Open Source Mania Already Dead?

BY Danielle SacksFri Nov 3, 2006 at 3:01 PM

A few weeks ago Larry Sanger, the co-mastermind behind Wikipedia, announced he's taking on the grassroots encyclopedia with his own "fork" (a term used by hackers when two groups working on open-source software move in opposing ...READ»

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Tired of Your Real Estate Broker? Try a Physicist

Tue Oct 3, 2006 at 6:33 PM

French physicist, Pablo Jensen, has devised a new model for approaching business real estate based on molecular physics. Highlighted in the most recent issue of the American Physical Society's Tip Sheet, the model comes after ...READ»

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What Ideas Are You Fighting For?

Tue Oct 3, 2006 at 1:06 PM

Back in the early 1980s, when I was a student at Princeton University, one of my heroes was Pete Carril, the legendary (and now Hall of Fame) basketball coach. During his 29-year tenure, Carril’s Princeton Tigers regularly squared ...READ»

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Bluetooth? Where's my Portable Rotary Phone

Fri Sep 8, 2006 at 11:15 AM

I had to laugh at word of the new "Port-a-Rotary," an old-time dial telephone that's been rigged to work wirelessly. Take it anywhere! Only $400! It's funny, but it also gets at a serious point. Most consumer electronics are just ...READ»

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Hello, Wheat. Goodbye, Chaff!

BY Heath RowThu May 25, 2006 at 8:13 PM

Two of the most recent ChangeThis manifestoes might make useful parallel reads. Tom Ehrenfeld, who used to work with Fast Company's sister magazine, Inc., offers The Rewritten Rules of Management, which considers the Bill Swanson ...READ»

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Reputational Insurance

BY Heath RowWed Mar 29, 2006 at 6:32 PM

One of the more surprising comments I heard at SXSW Interactive this year was made by Doc Searls during a panel discussion revisiting the Cluetrain Manifesto. When asked which companies and organizations he thought were clued in, ...READ»

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A Creative Read

BY Heath RowTue Mar 28, 2006 at 8:23 PM

It's not often that I'm able to read a business book on my evening commute. I don't mean just read -- I read on the subway all the time. I mean that it's not often that I'm able to read an entire book on my evening commute. Tonight ...READ»

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Money, It's a Hit

BY Kevin OhannessianWed Oct 5, 2005 at 12:54 PM

Amerca's getting a new Nickel. A big fuss is being made that Jefferson seems optimistic, almost smiling. Will that affect the spending of the new nickel? Money is an everyday item that everyone uses and has an opinion of. Here in ...READ»

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Weekend (Yawwwn) Journal (Yawwwn) Debuts, Disappoints

BY David LidskySat Sep 17, 2005 at 7:41 PM

If you've seen or heard any media in the last couple of months, I imagine that's it's not news that the Wall Street Journal launched a Saturday edition today. Given all the hype and ballyhoo, I'm disappointed to report that my world ...READ»

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Idea Generators

BY Heath RowThu Sep 1, 2005 at 11:55 AM

Martin Leith offers a list of "every idea generation method I've encountered during the past 15 years" in a new Web site. Drawing on a wide range of sources, he touches on various mapping techniques, approaches to brainstorming, and ...READ»

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In Harmony

BY Gautam GhoshWed Aug 10, 2005 at 12:59 AM

At the outset let me thank Heath and the FC team for giving me the opportunity to participate in this blogjam all the way from here in India. As my final post, I'd like to point to Todd Sattersten's post where he asks: "What is ...READ»

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Inspiration, by Way of Flackery

Wed Jul 13, 2005 at 12:15 PM

No offense, but it's not often someone in PR-land says something that makes me grab the nearest pencil and post a quick blog. Maybe I'm immune--and yes, a little jaded. But as I was going through the tedious process of transcribing a ...READ»

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Beach Reading?

BY Heath RowMon Jun 20, 2005 at 2:33 PM

The July issue of Fast Company (available online soon) features an article on summer reading for smart leaders, in which we recommend six non-business books that serve up business ideas and lessons. The business section in today's ...READ»

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From the Reading Pile

BY Heath RowThu Jun 16, 2005 at 4:10 PM

The most recent edition of Knowledge@Wharton includes a couple of interesting articles. Good Managers Focus on Employees' Strengths, Not Weaknesses focuses on the work of Marcus Buckingham, who suggests that good leaders play chess ...READ»

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