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Robert Safian

Letter From the Editor: The Best Rivalry in Business, Refreshed

Letter From the Editor: The Best Rivalry in Business, Refreshed

When you're in the media business, you worry about the cost -- and the risk -- of creating a new product from scratch each time. Movies, music, magazines: We all share the same challenge. In comparison, the idea of creating the same ...READ»

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Letter from the Editor: Lessons of the Edupunks

Like many teenagers, my son spends a ton of time on his computer. His passion is designing icons to personalize a desktop or iPhone interface. He posts sets of these icons online for people to download. He doesn't get paid for any of ...READ»

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Letter From the Editor: Think Randomly, Execute Strategically

A delegation of Scottish CEOs came by our offices recently. They were on a four-day tour of U.S. companies -- Apple, Cisco, and so forth. Their goal was both information and inspiration, about how best to keep their businesses, ...READ»

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iFive: Starbucks, Netflix, News Corp, Salesforce.com, and yes, Fast Company in Today's Innovation News

While you slept, innovation didn't. Here's what you missed and need to know. Notoriously union-averse Starbucks, Costco, and Whole Foods filed their card to reform labor law by creating a  third place on the Employee Free ...READ»

Editor's Letter: What Obama and Shaun White Have in Common

When we decided to put Barack Obama on our cover early last year, he was trailing well behind Hillary Clinton in the polls. We were cautioned by magazine insiders about the risk, but by the time our article was finished and hit ...READ»

Letter From the Editor of Fast Company: Shock Value

If I had thought ahead, I would have gotten a pedicure. A few weeks ago, I was at an executive retreat and found myself in a strategy session that took place in an open-air porch. All of us were sporting shorts (or skirts) and bare ...READ»

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