I ran a marathon, once, when I was 16. I trained for several months with my dad, who'd run a bunch of them before. After I finished the race, I felt so crummy that I yelled at him, "How could you let me do this?" But within a few ...READ»
Fast Company senior writer Ellen McGirt is moderating a panel today at the #promise conference, and it'll be live streamed at 2:45pm Eastern. Her panelists include Chris Hughes, Andrew Rasiej, and Caterina Fake. Watch it in the embed ...READ»
I cannot reveal the details of the proprietary algorithm that underlies our Most Innovative Companies list. It isn't because I'd have to kill you afterward. Truth is: It doesn't exist.
What makes a company innovative is a question ...READ»
The Future of All Media?
The language and energy of Ashton Kutcher's Katalyst are right, but the goals seem fuzzy ("Want a Piece of This?"). Perhaps the best news is that Pepsi's top guns see that less control of the brand means ...READ»
"Does this outfit still work?" That's a question I ask my wife way too often, after I pull out an older garment from my closet or drawer. Bell-bottom pants. Skinny ties. Pleated anything. Clothing goes in and out of style, rising in ...READ»
My father-in-law uses an expression, "Attitude is everything." It's his nonconfrontational way of saying, "Stop complaining." This expression has been on my mind lately when I talk to media and advertising executives about the ...READ»
Here’s part two of my conversation with Ellen McGirt, Senior Writer for Fast Company magazine and Dean of Fast Company’s “30 Second MBA” website.Part one can be found here.5. Many organizations see and hear the potential ...READ»
I’m a big fan of Fast Company’s “30 Second MBA” site. The minute it launched, I felt it offered a simple yet highly effective way for organizations to integrate social media concepts into their internal communication ...READ»
When staff writer Anya Kamenetz and her husband, an engineer at Google, went on their honeymoon, they set aside a week to volunteer at an AIDS hospice in Pune, India. The hospice, it turned out, desperately wanted its own Web site. ...READ»
This Month's Cover Story: Boy Wonder: How Chris Hughes Helped Launch Facebook and the Barack Obama Campaign , by Ellen McGirt, page 58
The untold story of how Chris Hughes, at the tender age of 25, helped create two of the most ...READ»
Socialism?
We'll admit it: John Chambers's Cisco isn't a "socialist enterprise" in the traditional sense ("Revolution in San Jose," December 2008/January 2009). As senior writer Ellen McGirt explained to one reader, "The ...READ»
Kevin Van Aelst
For this issue's Now section, artist Kevin Van Aelst created a fictitious holiday world to spell out the words "December & January." He arranged bits of a broken champagne flute in the spot where he once dropped ...READ»
I just read Danielle Sacks’ post on Europeans Hearting Obama, which stirred me into a heartfelt response of my own…
When you think about it, Barack Obama, the human being, is in many ways the polar opposite of President ...READ»
A friend of mine who happens to be a political journalist just returned from a 10 day holiday jaunt through Europe last week. His most startling discovering, he told me: Europeans are gaga over Obama.
In Fast Company's April ...READ»
Fast Company in its April issue has a terrific article by Ellen McGirt on "The Brand Called Obama" that is must reading for anyone in personal branding regardless of your political persuasion. The article talks about how ...READ»
Black History Month is almost over, so I figure I'd tackle this topic while we're still in February. Maybe it's because I'm not watching as much TV, but I haven't seen nearly as many ads saying "We Celebrate Black History ...READ»
We canvassed the experts, analyzed the products, and crunched the numbers. From visionary upstarts to storied stalwarts, here are companies that dazzle with new ideas -- and prove beyond a doubt how business is a force for change. We call them the Fast 50.READ»
On the front line at Fast Company's first magazine signing event. . .
We invited Mike Rowe, host of Dirty Jobs, and our cover subject of our February 2008 issue to sign copies of the magazine at a local Borders in Los Angeles ...READ»
