Topic: Buffalo (New York)

What You Don't Know About Intimacy Could Fill a Wallet

MY WORK-LIFE BALANCE SHEET How many times in your life have you said “now I’ve heard everything?” Most of us say it a lot, which only proves that society is getting weirder. After all, if we thought we’d heard everything, ...READ»

Handle With Care

How UPS handles packages starts with how it handles its people. Here are five lessons on the art of delivering for your people.READ»

The Nanofactory

In an old Ford plant in Buffalo, the makings of an assembly line for the 21st century.READ»

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Fighting Words We like our columnists to stir up controversy, and Nancy Lublin certainly came through in Fast Company's first Do Something column, "No Vacancy." Readers felt strongly, both pro ("a spanking good article") ...READ»

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Truth, Beauty, and Smart Economics Converge at CNU 17

When urban planners and architects get together, you might imagine the pragmatic would get swallowed whole by the fantastical and the theoretical. Guess again!READ»

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Truth, Beauty, and Smart Economics Converge at CNU 17

When regional planners and architects get together, you might think the pragmatic would take a back seat to the fanciful and the theoretical. Guess again!READ»

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Gold Stars Several of our Most Creative People have made news since our list came out in June: Jon Rubinstein (No. 9) was named CEO of Palm; W!ldbrain CEO Charles Rivkin (No. 56) was nominated to be the U.S. ambassador to France; ...READ»

Will Obama's $5 Billion Pledge to NIH Boost Manufacturing and Construction Too?

Yesterday Obama pledged $5 billion toward biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over the next two years. Ostensibly, this is in addition to the $10.4 billion that was allocated to NIH when the American ...READ»

Barack Obama: Can he Unite the World?

Super-delegate's: Why Barack Obama? I am originally from Buffalo, NY, however as a result of losing my mother at the age of 13 years old I relocated to North Carolina where I lived with my grandmother before going to college.  ...READ»

Kimberly Williamson

Executive Director, New Orleans Downtown Development DistrictREAD»

Now: May 2009

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Change Agent - Issue 32

"Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, my mom -- and now you -- have shared the secret of rifting."READ»

Sylvania Builds for a Bulbless Future

How many teams does it take to change a company? Sylvania's betting on one. Its New Ventures Group creates cool LED-based products for a bulbless future.READ»

The Roundtable

The following representatives from the New Orleans business, education, and technology communities contributed insight, forecasts, and cautions regarding the transformation of their hometown.READ»

Chapter Seven: From Ecology to Economy

Big Business and the Disconnect from ValueREAD»

Terrorists Strike Fast... Interpol has to Move Faster... Ron Noble is on the Case

A profile of far-reaching change with life-and-death consequencesREAD»

Life, Inc. Chapter Seven: From Ecology to Economy

Big Business and the Disconnect from ValueREAD»

• The Meaning of "Life Inc."--a Conversation with Author Douglas Rushkoff