Topic: Alaska

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The Iceman Melteth

Just how tough is it to sell ice cubes to Eskimos? The CDU goes polar in search of the cold, hard truth.READ»

Futures Thinking: Scanning the World

Looking for the distant early warnings of tomorrow.READ»

Hustle & Flow

Alaska Airlines' Airport of the Future makes quick work of getting passengers through check-in.READ»

Drill: The U.S. Oil Industry Turns 150

Before 1859, America had no oil business. August 28 marks the 150th anniversary of its first commercial well. Today, the U.S. is the world's third-biggest oil producer and largest consumer. Join us for a tour of this gas-guzzling nation.READ»

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Alaska's Career Ladders Project

Last week I was at the annual meeting of the Association of Computer-based Systems for Career Information. This year, for the first time, the meeting was held jointly with America’s Career Resource Network Association, and the two ...READ»

Waiting for Green Energy

Recently I’ve been working on a book about green careers, which will be part of a four-volume set called Progressive Careers, to be published by JIST next fall. As I noted in a previous blog, much of the information about green ...READ»

Anglo American’s Bristol Bay Controversy: Wildlife vs. Mineral Riches

The first woman CEO of one of the world's biggest mining companies is pushing a wildly controversial project. At stake: a half-trillion dollars' worth of minerals, millions of wild salmon, and a new corporate strategy for a tarnished industry.READ»

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Row 44's In-Flight Wi-Fi Poised For U.S. Take-Off, Europe Next

In-Flight Wi-Fi services have had come and gone, with Boeing abandoning its Connexion programtwo years ago, but at least one company is on the brink of bringing its system to a wide U.S. audience: Row 44. It's recently been trialing ...READ»

Seven Mysteries Online This Week

Weird things happen, yes--but when technology is the cause, everything seems more confusing. Didn't we build these things? Don't we know how they work? Here are seven quiddities topping the social news sites this week. Amazon Steals ...READ»

Dog Bites Consultant! Now That's News

It's a favorite consulting aphorism: "If you're not the lead dog, the view doesn't change." To which we say: "Mush!"READ»

60 Seconds on Doing the Impossible

SpaceShipOne took the $10 million Ansari X Prize for shuttling into suborbital space twice in two weeks. But it was Peter Diamandis, aerospace engineer and medical doctor, who created the competition. Now, Diamandis, 42, has moved onto smaller things -- a new prize for nanotechnology. He spoke to Fast Company about his uncharted worlds.READ»

Crowdsourcing Innovation: Q&A with Dwayne Spradlin of InnoCentive

Can open innovation revolutionize doing good? In this Q&A, InnoCentive president and CEO Dwayne Spradlin explains why crowdsourcing is becoming a powerful tool for doing good.READ»

Undercapitalization Can Be Cool

If you are crazy enough, that is. One of the leading reasons that new businesses fail in the first few years of their start-up is due to undercapitalization. Undercapitalization spawns from entrepreneurs often not knowing what in ...READ»

Drop That Lasagna! This Is a Raid!

Watch out, recipe sharers and baseball-card traders! Now that the music biz is going after file swappers, you may be next.READ»

What if the Bering Strait Were Walkable, Once Again?

A fanciful architectural proposal, for a massive bridge between Alaska and Russia--in which you'd see whales swimming overhead.READ»

Paint the House Green

Three ways a presidential candidate can use dollars and cents to win the climate issue.READ»

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In Today's Papers

From the reading pile: A Popular Strategy For Church Growth Splits Congregants "Across U.S., Members Divide On Making Sermons, Music More 'Purpose-Driven'" Business Strategist Adds to Resume By Writing Blurbs for Book ...READ»

The Central Park International Airport Hoax, Explained

The Internet raged in response to a shadowy organization's plans to raze New York's Central Park in favor of an airport, Strawberry Fields be damned. We unravel the mystery.READ»

Which VP Candidate Is BrandCredible™

On the eve of the next US presidential debate, and a few days after the proverbial dust has settled from the vice presidential debate, let’s look at the two candidates relative to what makes a brand believable and authentic. ...READ»

No More Fees, Please!

How to avoid getting nickeled and dimed to death at the airport.READ»

How Boeing's Leaders Fly

Phil Polizatto's job is not to train pilots to fly Boeing's planes. It's to train team leaders to build planes more effectively.READ»

Ecotrust Stirs Up a New Shade of Green

Spencer Beebe's iconoclastic activists mix environmentalism with economic self-interest to create "conservation-based development."READ»

Infographic of the Day: Ballooning Population Maps

Geography seen through the filter of population density. READ»