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Bio and Interests: Michael Kaleikini

| by Michael Kaleikini

Michael H Kaleikini, B.A., ABETA is a long time Marketing and Promotions entrepreneur who has moved mostly through the realm of entertainment....

Bio and Interests: Charles Timmins

| by Charles Timmins

Executives and professionals retain me to help them Find Great Work…positions that are the “right fit” for them within “right fit”...

Fast Company Feature | September 2008 | 1 recommendation

Cleaning Solution

| by Anya Kamenetz

"We're exposed to an almost $3 billion market. If we got just a 5% market share, you're talking about a $150 million business." Don...

Fast Company Feature | September 2008 | 1 recommendation

The Digital Divide

| by Linda Tischler

Why is it so hard for marketers to fully embrace the digital revolution? Old habits die hard, says Kevin Roberts, Saatchi & Saatchi's...

Fast Company Feature | September 2008 | 1 recommendation

Kevin Roberts's Chaos Theory

| by Linda Tischler

What does it take to manage a brand in a digital world? Kevin Roberts, worldwide CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi, says it takes vision, guts, and the...

Fast Company Feature | August 2008 | 6 recommendations

Made to Stick: The Myth of Mutual Funds

| by Dan Heath & Chip Heath

Let's pull off the Band-Aid quickly. You've come to believe that mutual funds are a smart place to put your money. They're...

Fast Company Feature | August 2008 | 15 recommendations

Fixing Washington D.C.'s School System

| by Jeff Chu

Paul Laurence Dunbar Senior High School in Washington, D.C., is one of the worst schools in one of the worst school districts in...

Fast Company Feature | July 2008 | 1 recommendation

Creativity is in the Detail, and Everywhere…

| by Margaret Heffernan

Creativity. Innovation. Originality. These are today’s buzzwords. Every few years, we get a few. It seems like only yesterday that globalization...

Fast Company Feature | July 2008 | 1 recommendation

When Performance Reviews Underperform

| by Mark Goulston

Many people suffer from performance anxiety when it comes to giving or receiving employee performance reviews. By inadvertently colluding to get...

Fast Company Feature | July 2008 | 1 recommendation

Shifting Gears at 105 mph -- Without Flying off a Cliff

| by Karen Post

If you've just joined us, Oddpodz is a new online community for creative doers and problem solvers. Founder and branding expert...

Fast Company Feature | July 2008 | 1 recommendation

Creating the Inspiration -- Part 2

| by Gordon Quick

In Creating the Inspiration -- Part I,...

Fast Company Feature | July 2008 | 1 recommendation

Creating the Inspiration -- Part 1

| by Gordon Quick

Paul was very direct: "All the vision statements I’ve ever seen are worthless. Just go on any company website and read theirs -- it’s all...

Fast Company Feature | July 2008 | 1 recommendation

Tell Them The Truth

| by Beverly Kaye

When employees in most organizations are asked what they would like more of from their managers, their first response is usually feedback. People...

Bio and Interests: Helen Whelan

| by Helen Whelan

Success Television is a media company providing motivational, self help, how to videos and articles on living your...

Fast Company Feature | June 2008 | 4 recommendations

Twitter on Steroids

| by Kermit Pattison

I’m your friend, feed me! FriendFeed is a website that exploits the idea of the newsfeed -- the feature that helped popularize Facebook...

Fast Company Feature | May 2008 | 32 recommendations

Special Report: China Invades Africa

| by Richard Behar

The No. 2 killer in Africa by parasite, after malaria, is an organism called Entamoeba histolytica -- or...

Fast Company Feature | April 2008 | 1 recommendation

Judge the Nudge

| by Dan and Chip Heath

1. Paper Route USA Today became the nation's largest daily newspaper by getting inertia on its side. Twenty-two...

Fast Company Feature | April 2008 | 7 recommendations

Get Laziness on Your Side

| by Dan and Chip Heath

Americans have one of the worst personal-savings rates of any industrialized nation. For every $1 in income earned, the average...

Fast Company Feature | March 2008 | 5 recommendations

Library of the Living Dead

| by Elizabeth Spiers

Contrary to what your parents and teachers told you, reading does not necessarily make you smarter. Sometimes it doesn't even...

Fast Company Feature | March 2008 | 39 recommendations

The Brand Called Obama

| by Ellen McGirt

"Whatever you do, don't hurt Barack!" It was the afternoon of Super Tuesday, and the Chicago sky threatened snow....

Fast Company Feature | February 2008 | 2 recommendations

Three Instances Where Checklists Have Worked--and How

| by Dan Heath and Chip Heath

Cybersecurity What would Angelina do? (Yes, that's a young Jolie in Hackers.) Follow the...

Fast Company Feature | February 2008 | 4 recommendations

Heroic Checklist

| by Dan Heath and Chip Heath

Quick, a word-association test. What word comes to mind when we say "checklist"? Here are some candidates: "basic,"...

Fast Company Feature | February 2008 | 5 recommendations

The Journal-ist: In the Lead

| by James Kuczmarski

>> Want to be a great leader? Michael Harvey, writing in the Journal of Leadership &...

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