During What we now consider the genteel 1990s, the meanest SOB I had ever met was Al Neuharth, founder of USA Today. His ego then was bigger than his newspaper, with which Gannett was blanketing the country at huge losses. At one ...READ»
In the last post of their 7-part series, John Elkington and Charmian Love look at how a new breed of 'Aces', among them Chief Innovation Officers and CTOs, are coping with the new wild cards dealt by environmental, social and governance challenges.READ»
For more than a century, the United States has celebrated and reviled its immigrants. Now tough questions are being asked about newcomers. In such unsettled times, Intel chairman Andy Grove is offering a candid account of his own journey to freedom.READ»
The personal computer celebrates its 20th birthday this month. At a gala party in Silicon Valley, the PC's original developers, including Bill Gates and Andy Grove, swapped tales of those wild and wacky days on the frontier of the computer revolution.READ»
We invited some of the smartest people we know to consider four of the toughest questions around. Fast Company celebrates its second anniversary with the ultimate business roundtable.READ»
Always hungry means never enough:Have you heard the one about me being charged by a lioness? Oh, you have. Well, a funny thing happened when I told that story again recently. I suddenly remembered how quickly fear ...READ»
I had the chance, earlier this week, to attend an event called "The 8th Annual Industry Hall of Fame" dinner at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley. This is an event that used to be held at COMDEX, the Vegas tech tradeshow ...READ»
Harvard Business School has developed a database of 20th Century Great American Business Leaders. Partially available online -- the full data set can be gotten on request -- the database can be sorted by last name, birthplace, ...READ»
Craig Barrett won't let the slowdown in the semiconductor market stop his company's bid to be the world's number-one e-commerce player. Says the Intel CEO: "We almost couldn't help becoming an Internet company."READ»
We got some great ideas from FC Now readers. Steve Jobs. Jim Collins. John Chambers. All good choices to add to the list. Actually, Jim Collins makes the authors' list at No. 70, but Jobs and Chambers are nowhere to be found among ...READ»
Whether it’s finance, marketing, production, strategy, human relations or any other discipline, managers accept that the subject is teachable and that, once taught, the lessons will bring value to managers and the organisations ...READ»
As an employee, why would I want to work long hours to advance the career of my manager? If the manager cares about his career more than the company, then that's what I'd be doing. Nothing motivates a great employee more than a mission that's so important that it supersedes everyone's personal ambition.READ»
People in startup land often talk about the magic of how few people built Google or Facebook, but today's Google employs 20,000 people and today's Facebook employs 1,500 people. So, if you want to do something that matters, then you are going to have to learn the black art of scaling a human organization.READ»
Two years ago, Bruce Mau unveiled a 43-point program that took the design world by storm. Here is an incomplete selection from his incomplete manifesto.READ»
Odds are you've run across one of these characters in your career. They're glib, charming, manipulative, deceitful, ruthless -- and very, very destructive. And there may be lots of them in America's corner offices.READ»
"Please fasten your seat belts and return your pocket protectors and laptops to their full, upright, and locked position. The Nerd Bird is ready for takeoff."READ»
In a culimation of talks that began in spring '08, Intel has just agreed to pay $1.25 billion (cash, due in 30 days) to its biggest rival chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) and agreed to a set of "business practice ...READ»
