Topic: Cirque du Soleil Inc.

Leading Ideas: Embrace the Lunatic Inside You

"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it." -- Robin Williams (1952- ) U.S. Actor and Comedian Something to consider: Your best ideas are born from madness. You've got to let yourself think crazy thoughts ...READ»

Join the Circus

In 21 years, Cirque du Soleil has grown from a funky band of street performers into a half-billion-dollar global company. It's a high-wire act of smart risk-taking, innovating around the clock, and staying uncomfortable.READ»

Kudos to Fast Company

Fast Company and senior writer Linda Tischler have received a great accolade: The Deadline Club (the New York chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists), named Linda's story about Cirque du Soleil, "Join the Circus," the ...READ»

Without a Net

As a band of former circus performers, Cirque du Soleil executives are uncommonly comfortable taking strategic risks. Here's how they turn in a high-flying performance.READ»

Behind the Next Fitness Craze: Reebok's Jukari Fit to Fly

Reebok's Katrin Ley developed a new trapeze-based fitness routine with Cirque du Soleil called Jukari Fit to Fly and launched it, along with two new related apparel lines, in 14 cities around the world this past spring.READ»

It's About Time

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Work/Life: "If this is a Senior moment, put me down now."

Spotted downunder during "Seniors Week". This billboard What's the first thought that enters your head? Compare it with the reaction from three of my customers, all in their 60's and 70's: 1. "Shoot me ...READ»

"Business is War"??? - Beware the Pyrrhic Victory (and Some Other Observations On Business & Recruiting)

In doing my morning cup-of-coffee rounds through some sites and blogs I greatly respect, I came across the following HBR article by by Deepak Malhotra, Gillian Ku, and J. Keith Murnighan: "When Winning Is ...READ»

Strategic Reads

This week's "cover story" on the Web focuses on Cirque du Soleil's strategic approach to business. In a sidebar to that piece, Renee Mauborgne details guidelines from the book Blue Ocean Strategy. If you'd welcome more ideas along ...READ»

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How An Independently Owned African-American Circus Made It To The Big Top

With Nintendo, MTV, and MySpace all competing for the attention of America's youth, along comes a live show like UniverSoul Circus that tries to set them free with its unique re-imagining of live family entertainment.READ»

5 High-Tech Operas That Radically Transform the Stage

The run of the Metropolitan Opera's Damnation of Faust, designed by Canadian powerhouse designer Robert Lepage and his Ex Machina troupe, just started. We promise to give you a run-down of the opera's blitz of techno-imagery on ...READ»

<em>Fast Company</em>'s Linda Tischler Wins the Deadline Club Award for Best Magazine Feature

New York, May 25, 2006 - Fast Company announced today that Senior Writer, Linda Tischler, has been award the 2006 Deadline Club Award for best magazine feature. The article, "Join the Circus," was in the July 2005 issue and gave an ...READ»

How Allegiant Plays from Peoria

     ALLEGIANT EXPEDIA FLIGHT Nonstop, with reasonably good departure times for the direct flight each way (midday Friday, Monday morning). Connection hell. Northwest, with stopovers in ...READ»

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Ten Things You Can Learn From a Comic Strip

CEO DAD'S TUESDAY TIRADE When I’m not (literally) drawn into the panels of one of Tom Stern’s CEO DAD strips, I spend a lot of time hanging out, thinking about my lot as a fictional character. It stinks in a lot of ways. I ...READ»

Fast Company's Best Books of 2005

Forgive us for blowing past the new year before getting up what may be the last best of 2005 list you'll read, but we hope it's worth the wait. We were hibernating with a collection of 1950's advertising satires and lost track of ...READ»

A Reintroduction: From Experiential to Entertainment Marketing

Way back last year I introduced myself as the new Experiential Marketing blogger at Fast Company. Though I'm fascinated by the topic, I also found this approach taking me in an overly academic direction as I attempted follow-up ...READ»

Life Is a Juggling Act

Sometimes it's your schedule, sometimes it's flaming torches. Michael Moschen, the world's greatest juggler, shows you how to keep all those balls in the air.READ»

Robert Lepage's 'La Damnation de Faust': Opera in the Age of Windows

The Metropolitan Opera's latest marries theater with captivating innovations for modern, plugged-in theatergoers used to watching multiple screens, browsers, tabs, and windows.READ»

Global Fast Cities

They speak English, and they have the right mix of technology and tolerance to attract talent. They're the international cities competing with the United States for the global talent pool.READ»

Talent Pool

Making their mark from New York to Tokyo. Fourteen talents who are driving design forward.READ»

Strategic Innovation: The Children's Hospital at Montefiore

Dr. Irwin Redlener has spent his career devising solutions to large-scale problems of health care for disenfranchised children. The latest expression of his single-minded agenda combines excellence in pediatric care with cutting-edge design, the latest technology, and the worldview of Carl Sagan.READ»

David Rockwell Has a Lot of Nerve

This was the year that business lost its nerve. Innovation? Imagination? Who could afford them? But David Rockwell, the design visionary behind some of New York's hottest restaurants, the Academy Awards theater, and even the sets for the Broadway smash Hairspray, keeps on taking chances -- and building great spaces with a point of view.READ»