Topic: DuPont Company

DuPont Develops Catnip-Based Insect Repellent

DuPont is working on an insect repellent based on nepeta cataria--better known as catnip--and it's the first new biopesticide to be registered by the company in eight years. It won't get you high, but DuPont's repellent works ...READ»

Fashion Forward

We've come a long way from the miracle of rayon. How new fabric technology is changing our duds.READ»

Deep Pockets, Open Mind

Got soy? Scott Lutz and his colleagues at 8th Continent aim to create an innovative player in a fast-growing segment of the food business. The formula: Use the clout of their corporate parents (DuPont and General Mills) and the brains of executives who think different.READ»

To Grow Your Company, Leverage Your Leaders

Dupont's "Leadership for Growth" program leverages talent and ideas by taking the chemical company's top executives out of their element and teaming them up with colleagues from other divisions.READ»

People Acumen

In an excerpt from his new book Leaders at All Levels, Ram Charan discusses which social qualities make someone a good leader.READ»

Executive Cheerleader

Job Titles of the Future: Stephen Dinger.READ»

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Fast Forward 2005: <span>96-101</span>

The future is something to get excited about again. Here's our look at the surprising people, ideas, and trends that will change how we work and live in 2005.READ»

The Road Not Taken

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Fast Company Recommended Events: December-January 2008

Coming in December and January: a "chip tunes" fest in New York, the World Economic Forum, and National Pie Day.READ»

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World War Two-Era Fungus, Elephant Dung Combine to Make Biofuels

Hemp, soy, mustard, sunflower and palm oil can all be used to make biofuels, so why not elephant dung and World War Two-era fungus? Copenhagen-based Danisco A/S is using the fungus, which was discovered during WWII eating soldier's ...READ»

Carbon Copy

Disclose your greenhouse-gas emissions? Sounds crazy. Why Wal-Mart and P&G are doing it--and you should too.READ»

Personality Tests: Back With a Vengeance

Are you an INTJ or an ESFP? Why employers love personality tests more than ever, and what you need to know before you pick up a pencil.READ»

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Five Ways to Know If You're Cut Out to Be a Corporate Entrepreneur

Although the myth is that innovation doesn't happen in big companies, the reality is that corporations have a major role to play in fostering this crucial economic driver. Apple and Google have launched game-changing new enterprises, ...READ»

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Sustainability Continues to Preoccupy Global Businesses

I've been working with ESS, now the leading provider of EH&S software to the enterprise, for many years. As you know if you know me, Arizona companies have to be strong in order to survive, because capital formation is an issue ...READ»

Digital Matters - Issue 34

"A few years from now, we'll look back on dotcom mania as a model of investment sanity and prudence."READ»

New Math for a New Economy

What's wrong with the 500-year-old way in which all companies keep their books? Just about everything, says Baruch Lev, who has proposed a new method for determining the value of the intangible assets that are at the heart of the new economy.READ»

Man of Mystery

Ram Charan lives nowhere and goes everywhere, consulting for the largest and most powerful companies seven days a week, 365 days a year. Work is all he does, and all he wants to do. But even more than his dedication, it's his insights that have won him the ear of hundreds of top managers. Find out why.READ»

My Dream Home

Like general contractors with a psych degree, the architectural firm called fathom plumbs the depths of your soul to design the house you want. Our writer gets the blueprints of his dreams.READ»