Topic: BusinessWeek Magazine

Harvard and Wharton Deans Try to Undermine MBA Rankings

These two top business schools will no longer provide BusinessWeek the opportunity to survey their graduating classes. Why? The deans basically say that rankings are crass and misleading. The real story, however, is quite ...READ»

Deja Vu All Over Again? III

More fodder for FC Now readers' consideration of social software and its potential business benefits: BusinessWeek recently took a look at Friendster's success.READ»

Friendships: The Next Big Business Strategy?

There is no question that the value in online friendships for both businesses and individuals alike is poised to grow and be used for purposes beyond what we can now imagine.READ»

Running of the Bulls American Style

Employees are lining up in your departure lounge waiting for a sign indicating the economy is improving. So why are you still treating employees so poorly?READ»

Why Employee Retention Matters More Today Than Yesterday

Retention only matters when employees are in control, right?READ»

Who Has More Credibility, Men or Women?

Our work on credibility actually began because of the way women answered the question above. More than 80% felt men were perceived as more credible in the workplace. If women lacked credibility, even perceivably so, this was a huge ...READ»

Hey, You, Come on to my Cloud

Lots of good reporting lately on the $13.9B purchase of EDS by HP. Many are saying its the clearest sign yet that cloud computing has fully arrived. Others say the purchase is more about buying market share and becoming the ...READ»

Today's Vision of Tomorrow: Circulation Stats, News Corp. Say Bits Replace Ink for Newsprint

Remember back in olden days when a story would break and the chief at the local daily would yell, "Stop the presses!" Well, they've finally stopped. And in the future, most of our newspaper content will be delivered via digital tech. ...READ»

A Plea for More Critical Thinking in Design, Please

Critical thinking not only helps the industry learn and grow, critical thinking is the catalyst for change.READ»

• John Barratt's Design This Day blog

(News)Standoff

Astute FC Now reader Andrew Feldman commented on the eerie similarity between the cover story of the November issue of Fast Company and the main feature in the Oct. 27 edition of BusinessWeek. It's true. Russell Simmons appears on ...READ»

TPN :: The Connections Show - The Art of Business Networking

I'm the host of 'The Connections Show', a weekly Podcast that puts you ahead of the curve with the latest developments in Internet, Web 2.0 and Social & Business Networking. http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com As a Top 50 ...READ»

The Importance of Uncovering Your Personal Brand

Cambridge Who's Who, the leading organization for professional growth, shows how to evaluate your personal brand. READ»

Why the Wall Street Journal's MBA Survey Is Bogus

Just yesterday, the Wall Street Journal published its third annual ranking of business schools. With great fanfare and a separate 12-page section of the newspaper, the Journal declared that the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton ...READ»

Embrace What Others Abandon

Over the last several days, I’ve reviewed an up-and-coming company, PetMD. To listen to my full interview with CEO Kim Schinnerer, please click here. Today I want to show yet another way to look at PetMD’s strategy of offering ...READ»

Technology: The New Normal?

You've got to ask yourself what the world is coming to when you've got to pony up $15 for your first checked bag. I wouldn't call it "nickel and diming" by any stretch of the imagination because, let's face it, those ...READ»

Attention: Senior Executives Who Are in Transition

For those in transition and considering a career move, I would like to provide you with some positive information on how you might address your career concerns.  I do not have all the answers.  But in thirty years and with several ...READ»

Innovation: Does My Stomach Believe My Eyes?

The worst institutional food short of Sloppy Joes at a junior high school cafeteria has long been found flying through the air. Inflight fare hasn't been the butt of jokes for no reason — food service has become a casualty of hard ...READ»

(News)Standoff II

In yesterday's edition of Women's Wear Daily, the following item appeared in the Memo Pad section: John Byrne wrote 57 cover stories for BusinessWeek before bolting last April to edit Fast Company, but it seems he's still giving his ...READ»

Design Studios vs. Large Design Agencies: The Changing Landscape of the Design Industry

The design world is no longer dominated by large design agencies of 100, 200, or even 500 employees. We are now witnessing studios with 10, 20, or 30 people consistently delivering top quality design and in a very different way. READ»

• Gadi Amit's blog: The New Deal

100 Best Companies II

And I thought the end of the year was when all the listsREAD»

Seven Curious Things Online this Week

The future is scary: hadron colliders, HD-video iPhones and nanotube lightbulbs are as bizarre as they are promising. Thankfully, this week on the Web shows us that not all that much has changed; we're still the same gawkers we were ...READ»

Design's New Hyperinteractive Audience

We've entered an age where designing for interaction means designing for distraction.READ»

• Brett Lovelady's ASTRO Design blog

The Secret of TRIZ

You could say it doesn't take much to make me happy, because I was thrilled to see TRIZ (the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving), an innovation methodology, featured in an article by BusinessWeek just before the end of 2008. The ...READ»

No Child Left Offline

The Fast Interview: MIT Professor Nicholas Negroponte on Intel's "dishonesty" and the long, tough road to the $100 laptop.READ»

• Producing Green Homes
• Hitting the Wall at Work?

Blogs for Small and Medium Business

As with any new business tool, it's important for businesses of all sizes to assess whether blogs are worth the time and effort needed to create and sustain them.READ»