Topic: Dublin

The Starbucks Effect

A coffee shop appears in Dublin--and forces us to reckon with the future.READ»

Dublin's Brand New, Beautiful, Bumpy Bridge

The first photos of the Spencer Dock Bridge by Amanda Levete Architects.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»

Dublin, Conquered

The Irish Independent, November 19, 2005 The arrival of the mega coffee makers' flagship in Dame Street, Dublin, yesterday morning heralded a mass of people standing in line to get their hands on the world-famous ...READ»

Brand Marketing: Guinness

How do you refresh a 243-year-old brand? By brewing a modern experience that combines the power of history with the allure of contemporary design. Guinness Storehouse, in Dublin, reimagines how a brand can perform for customers, employees, and the community.READ»

Arthur's Day: The 250th Birthday of Guinness Beer

Thanks to Richard Branson, one lucky fellow will tap the malty brew's semiquincentennial with a Virgin Galactic flight and a zero-gravity pint. (We're buying everyone a round if the winner says, "One two-step pour for man, one foamy ...READ»

The Best (and Worst) of Business

A letter from the founding editors.READ»

Leader - Feargal Quinn

Ireland's "Pope of Customer Service" dominates his market -- and continues to beat bigger rivals -- with a leadership philosophy that is at once folksy and radical. Behind all his success is one big question: How do we convince our customers to come back?READ»

How Not to Market a Big Public Works Project

Starchitect Santiago Calatrava has unveiled a new bridge for Calgary--and the project's naysayers are screaming bloody murder.READ»

Recession Pessimism

I gave a talk on Marketing Technology in Troubled Times at the recent Software Business conference in San Francisco. Seems that the topic is popular as I have been invited to give the same presentation via webinars in December to the ...READ»

Careers: Bank of America Hires an Avatar

When I get a warm and fuzzy feeling about a bank it's usually because I'm watching a tearjerker TV commercial. Some bank has rebuilt a blighted neighborhood or loaned an underprivileged mom the dough to build a bakery. Until ...READ»

The Change-Agent Blues

Face the Music gives voice to the laments of change agents and knowledge workers.READ»

Giving Back

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Which Way Design: Seven Telling Events for the Fall

As surely as weighty new catalogues from Design Within Reach and Ikea land with a thump at your door, the fall design season awaits on the far side of Labor Day. This is the customary moment for design editors to preview fall events. ...READ»

Sweating In the Hot Zone

Imagine what life would be like if your product were never finished, if your work were never done, if your market shifted 30 times a day. The computer-virus hunters at Symantec don't have to imagine.READ»

In Praise of Spikes

In an exclusive excerpt, the guru of the Creative Class explains the peaks and valleys of the global economy.READ»

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• Numerology: National Honey Month
• Hobnob: Clinton Global Initiative

Low Cost And Long Haul: Can It Work?

Last November Hong Kong-based Oasis Airlines started offering flights from Hong Kong to London's Gatwick airport at ridiculously low prices. Hong Kong being a former British colony means that there is enough traffic between the two ...READ»

The Bar as a Brand Experience: Growing Up a Saloon Keeper's Son

Barkeeping and branding are both in Joe Duffy's blood ... and have more in common than you might think.READ»

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Best of the Best 2002

Organizations that are defining new standards of excellence and reinventing whole industries.READ»

The Temptation Of Superfly

Its genre-busting all-night jam-athons evolved into the country's biggest music festival--and turned Superfly Productions into a real business. Can it stay alive without losing its soul?READ»

Viral Loop iPhone App Predictions Game

First there was the book, then the Facebook widget, and now the Viral Loop iPhone app, which went officially live today. It just goes to show that marketing a book ain't what it used to be. READ»

Fast Cities

They're 15 up-and-coming hubs for creative workers--places that draw people who are talented, tech savvy, and tolerant. Meet the home of your next big opportunity.READ»