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After The Revolution, Enter The Evolutionary

BY Jody Turner | 02-08-2012 | 7:07 AM | DESIGN

Evolutionaries contribute to incremental changes that build to points of rapid transformation. With self-empowered mass communication playing such an important role in effecting change today, the everyday, common evolutionary is more empowered than ever.READ MORE›

5 Ways To Discover And Develop Your Unique Strengths

BY Jody Turner | 01-13-2012 | 7:36 AM | LEADERSHIP

As much as we love a business visionary, we are not them, and never could be. All leaders have their own unique talents, which they will use in different ways to bring out the best in themselves and others. Here are 5 ways to discover your own strongest qualities and put them to work in business and in life.READ MORE›

“What Will Your Business Look Like In 2012?”

BY David Zax | 12-26-2011 | 10:26 PM | ETHONOMICS

We asked the question of Instagram, Box, Rdio, and others. Here are their answers.READ MORE›

There Will Be Beard: The Daniel Day-Lewis Facial Hair Correlation

BY Rick Paulas | 12-07-2011 | 1:13 PM | TRENDS

An actor's dedication is often measured by his awards. For Daniel Day-Lewis, however, the creative manscaping applied to his facial hair speaks volumes about the creative ways he approaches roles (and, often, those roles' ... READ MORE›

Five Facts That Will Turn Your World Upside Down

BY Richard Watson | 05-05-2011 | 12:10 PM | ETHONOMICS

What's Next? Here are 5 facts that might just change everything. READ MORE›

LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman: Data Wrangler of The Modern Age

BY Ellen McGirt @ellmcgirt | 03-15-2011 | 4:26 PM | ETHONOMICS

Reid Hoffman, angel investor, co-founder of LinkedIn and Fast Company Most Creative Person, took the stage at SXSW interactive as part of the distinguished speaker series, and immediately brought the ballroom back to the future. ...READ MORE›

Re-Booting Valentine’s Day for Good

BY Ellen McGirt @ellmcgirt | 02-13-2011 | 1:22 PM | ETHONOMICS

Three social entrepreneurs decide to make the world a more generous place in real time. Will you help?READ MORE›

JWT's Futurists on 10 Ways We’ll Shop in 2011

BY Suzanne LaBarre | 01-11-2011 | 11:04 AM | JWT INTELLGIENCE

In 2011, you will win prizes for buying broccoli. You will seek help from a device to control your fetish for Eames furniture. And all that twee analog crap Urban Outfitters is always hawking to bed-heady undergrads? You’ll actually ... READ MORE›

Valentine's Day Is for Blood Elves (and Other Bizarre eBay Trends)

BY David Zax | 01-04-2011 | 3:35 PM | INNOVATION

Why is Valentine's Day a big day for online gaming? eBay's new mobile data trends for 2010 raises interesting questions.READ MORE›

Saying Sorry in 140 (Mandarin) Characters: Chinese Cops Take to Micro-Blogs

BY Jenara Nerenberg | 01-04-2011 | 9:11 AM | ETHONOMICS

A popular feed from Beijing officers already has hundreds of thousands of followers. Will it do anything to help their less-than-awesome public image?READ MORE›

Top 10 Trends of 2010 Roundup: iTunes, Facebook, Twitter, Spotify, Amazon

BY Austin Carr | 12-16-2010 | 2:51 PM | INNOVATION

We've gathered all these end-of-year lists--from Apple to Facebook to Last.fm--all in one convenient location. Here's how the year in memes has shaped up. READ MORE›

iFive: China Versus Nobel, Anonymous Blockades Governments, Twitter's Trend Algo, CityVille's 3 Million, Winklevii Sue Again

BY Kit Eaton | 12-09-2010 | 6:56 AM | ETHONOMICS

Thursday's child is full of innovation, at least in Fast Company's mythology, so here's the tale of today's early news: READ MORE›

A Renegade History of the United States: The Invention of Shopping

BY Thaddeus Russell | 10-22-2010 | 3:12 PM | INNOVATION

The consumer revolution required a radical change in the way Americans thought about desire, pleasure, leisure, and spending. Without renegades, we'd all still be farmers.READ MORE›

The Facebook Drama "The Social Network" Won't Show You

BY Ellen McGirt @ellmcgirt | 10-06-2010 | 1:00 PM | ETHONOMICS

The Social Network is not the feel-good movie of the year--certainly not for Mark Zuckerberg, or for the dozens of exceptionally talented men and women who created Facebook. They were, and are, brilliant, hardworking and imaginative people who managed to survive the uniquely fraught early moments of an online start-up. It was a swirl alright, but not the way the film would have you think.READ MORE›

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