Topic: European Commission

How a Handful of Countries Control the Earth's Most Precious Materials

While the global market for ever more sophisticated tech gadgets grows, the metals and minerals that make them go are controlled by a handful of countries.READ»

Developing Business Excellence While Delivering Responsible Competitiveness – The Case of Lloyds TSB

Using the EFQM Excellence Model to focus on customers and how we can create value by better meeting their needs, while identifying what we need to do to develop our people and maximize their potential -- all while archiving such sustainable excellence.READ»

Crib Sheet: Michael O'Leary, CEO of Pay-per-Pee Airline Ryanair

Last year, Ryanair, the budget airline run by Michael O'Leary, announced it was considering introducing coin-operated toilets on its flights. Hilarity and shock ensued, along with some great graphics--most notably on the b3ta.com ...READ»

Open Source Maps Are Helping the World Bank Save Lives in Haiti

An aid worker from the European Commission holds a PDF printout from OpenStreetMaps. The humanitarian relief effort underway in Haiti is proving the true potential of open source map building. Don't take my word for it, follow the ...READ»

Infographic of the Day: It's a Small World, Afterall

This map shows exactly where are the most remote places in the world.READ»

Seven Things to Read Now

Why is Philip Morris Backing Antismoking Bills? On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed legislation giving the FDA authority to regulate the tobacco industry. Just 10 years ago, when Senator John McCain introduced a similar bill, ...READ»

Spend: 10 Years of the Euro

A look at the national pride engraved into the 1-euro coins of 15 nations of the European Union.READ»

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Interests, Work-Related and Otherwise

Career development professionals like to have clients take interest inventories because these instruments are easy to administer and fit well into the dominant philosophy of person-environment fit. This theory holds that people are ...READ»

Refusing to Gamble on Privacy

Sandy Hughes, chief global privacy officer for Procter & Gamble, oversees privacy efforts for the company's 98,000 employees working in 80 countries. In an interview with Fast Company, she expanded on the company's approach to privacy, the need for consistency, and the challenges associated with keeping up with change around the world.READ»

The Best of Both Worlds

To add additional context to Linda Tischler's feature story, Fast Company offers two edited transcripts of interviews with Professor Charles A. O'Reilly at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Catherine Hakim, a sociology ...READ»

Community of Ideas

A rogue media network connects Spanish innovators.READ»

Brush with Success

What if cleaning the air of pollutants was as easy as, well, letting paint dry? A new "ecopaint" could help win the war on urban pollution.READ»

Refusing to Gamble on Privacy

Sandy Hughes, chief global privacy officer for Procter & Gamble, oversees privacy efforts for the company's 98,000 employees working in 80 countries. In an interview with Fast Company, she expanded on the company's approach to privacy, the need for consistency, and the challenges associated with keeping up with change around the world.READ»

The Man Who Loved Chairs

Rolf Fehlbaum, CEO of Vitra, really cares about chairs. His company is a celebration of what to some is the most mundane object in the office -- but to him is a source of passion.READ»

Talk Is Cheap. Let's Have a Conversation

What the new economy needs now is a good chat, says Oxford University professor Theodore Zeldin, who wants us to have conversations about the emotional, intellectual, and cultural dimensions of work.READ»

When the Red-Eye Becomes the Green-Eye

Last week, UK-based low-cost airline easyJet announced it had designed an aircraft that would reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 50 percent. They call it the "ecoJet" and claim the design could become reality by 2015. Sounds great, ...READ»

Apple's World Power in Question

Apple’s dominance in the music world has prompted this week’s heated negotiations with a number of European governments and consumer rights organizations. The negotiations have taken Apple executives to Paris, where government ...READ»