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Merger Meltdown

The voracious corporate appetite for mergers in recent years has caused a bad case of indigestion for mega companies like AOL Time Warner, DaimlerChrysler, and J.P. Morgan Chase. Do these partnerships add up to less than the sum of their parts?READ»

Beyond Reengineering

From our first issue forward, Fast Company has tackled the ideas of reengineering, restructuring, and rethinking how business works. Here are some of our best stories about big-business change.READ»

A Change Will Do You Good

The guardians of big business are defending their fortress against an army of interlopers whose needs and opinions clash with tradition. Two new books examine what this intrusion means to corporate insiders -- and outsiders.READ»

The New Face of Leadership

Steve Miller marshaled a diverse group of Royal Dutch/Shell employees to transform the company's operations in Europe. Now, as president, chairman of the board, and CEO of Shell Oil Co., he is using that same grassroots approach to meet a new challenge: diversity itself.READ»

Essential Reading for Change Agents

Book recommendations from John Kiser and Elizabeth Gibson-Meier, two battle-scarred change agents who helped turn around Best Buy.READ»

Genius at Change

Social entrepreneur Bill Strickland offers advice from the front lines of change -- San Francisco's nonprofit Bayview-Hunters Point Center for Arts and Technology.READ»

Greg Bachman

TallahasseeREAD»

Come Together

Old boys' networks won't cut it any longer. In a Southern economy that is rapidly welcoming newcomers and startups, new community connections must be forged to facilitate communication between like and unlike minds.READ»

Distinguishing Features

While other states' high-tech reputations orbit around specific regions like the Research Triangle Park and Route 128 corridor, Florida finds itself without one distinct leader or vision.READ»

Numbers Count

Positive incentive is sometimes scarce for change agents in Florida, a state that commonly appears at the bottom of national rankings for fast-moving, forward-thinking business communities.READ»

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