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10 Best Fortune 500 Blogs

With more and more Fortune 500 companies tossing their hat into the blogging and social media ring, I thought I would do a quick tour of the Big Boy Blogosphere and see who's getting it right and who needs to turn off the ...READ»

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Games People Play

Blockdot Inc.'s new advergame for American Airlines, Chair-iots of Flyers is charmingly disarming. You work at Amalgamated Consolidated Inc and business is booming! To celebrate, the Chairman of the Board, Rich N. Power has lifted ...READ»

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Economics and Innovation – What You Said

Well, it has been quite a hectic few weeks.  My company, Invention Machine, just held its annual global user conference.  It’s always exciting to get that many world class innovation practitioners together in one place.  Now that ...READ»

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Psychology of Technology: Microsoft Has Lost its Mojo: An Open Letter to Bill Gates

Dear Bill, I know you've been retired from Microsoft's day-to-day operations for about a year now and Steve B. is running the show, but you are still Chairman of the Board and the public identity of Microsoft. That's why I'm writing you, Bill, because Microsoft is still your company and it needs you. Think modified Pottery Barn rule: you own it, you broke it, you fix it. READ»

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More than MBAs

Companies are relying more on their own execs, and less on B-school professors, to teach up-and-coming leaders. Here's why.READ»

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Careers: Personal Branding Imposters and Big Companies

Why are so many large companies branding imposters? On the hand, they spend zillions trying to brand themselves through advertising? On the other hand, they provide far too little oversight or dollars to customer service. They ...READ»

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Master of Madness

Job Titles of the FutureREAD»

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CSR Corporate Leadership Meeting 2010: What They Said

"What struck me most today was Geoffrey Canada's and others' emphasis on the importance of data," observed Matthew Bishop, U.S. Business Editor of The Economist, and author, Philanthrocapitalism, in reference to today's tenth annual ...READ»

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Frank Myers Auto Invites Public To Awards Ceremony

Business Leader Magazine has announced the Top 50 Entrepreneurs in NC. One of the winners, Winston-Salem based car dealership Frank Myers Auto Maxx, has invited the public to join him & the other recipients at the ceremony in Greensboro.READ»

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Leader in Corporate Sustainability Arena Comments on Wal-Mart's Position

Scott Seydel remarks on my recent post on Conscious Capitalism as it relates to Wal-Mart.READ»

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Thank you Herb!

Every business magazine and business student knows something about Southwest Airlines (SWA). My favorite business leader, Herb Kelleher, who was so significant in making SWA the admired company it is today has retired as Chairman ...READ»

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5 Reasons Your Fast-Car Is More Social Than Your Fast-Food

Mercedes-Benz and McDonald’s spend millions of dollars marketing their brands to make them visible, relevant, different, cool, or perhaps ... to make them sell. Today the two very different companies are investing more in a ...READ»

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Greatest Business Leaders of the 20th Century

Classic entrepreneurs who built companies from scratch dominate the list of the best. Shockingly, only one woman -- Estee Lauder -- made the top 50 of Professors Anthony J. Mayo and Nitin Nohria's list of top 100 business leaders.READ»

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President Bill Clinton, CSR, and New Business Models for Economic Success

“My daughter, who is studying healthcare policy in graduate school, is schooling me that the biggest financial burden on our healthcare system will not be the aging baby boomer population; it will be the outdated healthcare ...READ»

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PhotoCycle: New Show Launched on FastCompany.TV

Well folks, today we at FastCompany.TV launched PhotoCycle, which Robert Scoble, Rocky Barbanica and I have been working on behind the scenes for months. Here’s the short version of the back-story: Robert brought me on as a ...READ»

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David Neeleman out as JetBlue CEO

Now departing John F. Kennedy International Airport: JetBlue Founder and CEO David Neeleman. JetBlue Airways said today its founder, David Neeleman, is stepping aside as chief executive officer and will be succeeded in that role by ...READ»

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Sports: Is This New Football Startup Made to Stick?

If you knew who Marcus Katz was, you would probably think he's crazy. Katz is a San Diego entrepreneur who made his money in private school loans. And now he's committed $75 million to start a new professional football ...READ»

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How Men and Women Board Members Handled a Scandal in Norway

Do women bring anything special when the going gets tough? Norwegian board members report an unabashed "yes".READ»

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Fresh Start 2002: Starting Over ... and Over ...

Startup star Kamram Elahian has enjoyed big wins, suffered expensive flops, and launched a bold initiative to wire the world's schools. In the process, he has become a master at making a fresh start.READ»