Boomers and Gen Y, the largest cohorts in the workplace, both want to “contribute to society through their labor,” according to a new article in Harvard Business Review by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Laura Sherbin, and Karen Sumberg, of ...READ»
When we last checked in with innovation expert Dev Patnaik, CEO of growth-strategy firm Jump Associates, he was chiding us for heralding company innovations--as opposed to innovative companies--on last year’s Fast Company 50. ...READ»
How a handful of consultants used Big Tobacco's tactics to sow doubt about science and hold off regulation of BPA, a chemical in hundreds of products that could be harming an entire generation.READ»
If screens seem to be popping up everywhere, that's because they are. In a DVR world, advertisers are reaching outside the home for today's most desirable audience: a captive one. Anywhere people might be waiting equals an opportunity to air short-form content and advertising. Tune in to the forefront of "advertainment." READ»
It was 1986, I remember it well: Nancy Reagan was standing at a podium in front of the White House wearing a white suit. Within camera shot was as many poor, inner-city, underprivileged kids as they could fit on a bus. They were ...READ»
Retail health clinics are dotting the landscape like Starbucks, frustrating doctors but delighting patients. Is this the beginning of the answer to our national health-care crisis?READ»
Harvard's B-school has some competition across the Charles River: the divinity school, which is turning out a new flock of spiritually minded business leaders.READ»
Two things can be said with certainty about business on the Web: Companies are playing for real stakes, and winning companies are playing by different rules.READ»
Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) announced this morning that it will begin to sell 291 types of generic prescription drugs -- charging only $4 for a month's worth of prescriptions that would otherwise cost as much as $30. The news leaves me ...READ»
The more I travel these days, the more I feel as though as I never left home. The Detroit burbs look just like the Chicago burbs, which look just like the Atlanta burbs. The Gap? Check. Subway? Check. CVS? Check. Kinko's? Check. It's ...READ»
Saturday morning my mother and I spent an hour on the phone relishing in post-election blues. As we swapped frustrations across 2,000 miles (I'm in the blue state of New York; She's blue in the red state of Florida), she informed me ...READ»
It's my favorite time of year, folks: Upfront week. This is when the TV networks display their new wares for the fall season and get advertisers to commit to paying for all of it. $9 billion is expected to change hands in the coming ...READ»
In a smart step to increase its market visibility and bridge the traditional and digital photography worlds, Kodak is introducing a new self-service kiosk that can develop a roll of film in about five minutes. They will be tested in ...READ»
