Topic: FORTUNE Magazine

Steve Jobs's Strategy? "Get Rid of the Crappy Stuff"

In this excerpt from "The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs," author Carmine Gallo recounts what Steve Jobs told Nike CEO Mark Parker, and how this is a glimpse into Apple's strategy of focused simplicity.READ»

Bad Is Stronger Than Good: Why Good Bosses Eliminate the Negative First

Of all the tunes in the Johnny Mercer songbook, the most generally beloved must be "Accentuate the Positive"--whether your favorite cover is Bing Crosby's, Willie Nelson's, or someone else's. Chances are that you yourself could ...READ»

How Cisco Took Me Where No One Has Gone Before

When I first facilitated a meeting using video conferencing, I thought I was high tech. I thought the same when I made my first call to Europe using video Skype. When I saw the movie Avatar, I thought nothing could get more 3-D. until I experienced Cisco TelePresence®.READ»

It's Hyundai, like Sunday!

Business Intelligence often is associated with optimization, innovation and prediction. But Business Intelligence and analytics also are powerful tools for sharpening competitive skills.  Not long ago, Fortune magazine detailed ...READ»

Why is mass customization so important?

Why is mass customization so important for manufacturers to achieve greater success?READ»

New Media Stars Dominate Fortune’s 40 Under 40

Recently, Fortune magazine released its annual list of 40 rising business stars under the age of 40. While there was sure to be a few media gurus in the mix, given today’s focus on social and digital media networks, 16 major players from areas of digital media and online technology are featured – making up 40 percent of the list. From Google and Hulu to Facebook and Twitter, some of business’ most...READ»

Why Does the Best Design of 2009 Still Look Like 2000?

The IDEA Awards are supposed to represent the most cutting-edge industrial design. So why do some of the winners feel like they're nine years old?READ»

• Valerie Casey's Networked Culture blog

Where's the Love?

Why Some Companies Win Public Trust and Others Lose ItREAD»

Case Studies in Sustainability from the Designers Accord: An Introduction

Valerie Casey, founder and executive director of the global sustainability movement, introduces a new series of case studies on FastCompany.com.READ»

• Building a Sustainable Design Community
• 2008 Masters of Design

5 Tips for Marketing on Facebook's New Pages

New Twitter-Like Features Make Facebook a Marketers' HavenREAD»

Nature vs. Nurture - There May Be a Winner!

     I just read “Why Talent is Overrated”, an October Fortune Magazine article by Geoff Colvin. I love this article because I believe every Employee can make a big difference in an organization if they are properly trained, ...READ»

Leadership Lessons from... LEGO

What would make a corporate lawyer give up his six-figure salary to make $13 an hour? One word: LEGO. It all started on Christmas 1978 in Colville, Washington, when five-year-old Nathan Sawaya unwrapped his first set of LEGO ...READ»

3 Tips for Outstanding Performance

Outstanding performance is the third key to career and life success that I discuss in my book “Straight Talk for Success.”  If you want to become an outstanding performer you have to become a lifelong learner, set and achieve ...READ»

Patagonia Values

McDonald's will never make us thinner, but Wal-Mart just might make us cooler. The difference? Patagonia values. READ»

The Happiness Factor

Today's most successful brands promise to help in our pursuit of happiness. But too often, marketers fail to understand what brings us joy.READ»

Where's the Loyalty?

If only I had a dollar for every time a cashier asked whether I had one of those loyalty cards ... and another buck for every time I answered, "No." Hey -- give me 50 cents more each time I'm asked if I want one of their blasted cards ...READ»

Dare to Be Different

Growth may seem to come easily to the "usual suspects" -- companies like Apple, Google, and Procter & Gamble, for example. Less well known are the growth strategies of companies like Rolls Royce and DeWalt. You might not expect these ...READ»

Letter From the CEO

Handing over the keys.READ»

The Fall and Rise of David Pottruck

One day, David Pottruck was CEO of a major company. The next, he was out on his ear. What's it like to lose it all -- and how do you get is back again?READ»

The Women of Enron : A Separate Peace

Once one of the most powerful women in business, Rebecca Mark now sits on a ranch with her Black Angus cattle and her thoughts.READ»

Character Test

Terrorism, recession, bankruptcy, scandal. Is this a great country or what?READ»

The Female CEO ca. 2002

Here are the five naked truths about women in business. Together they add up to one big message: The future of business depends on women.READ»

Memo to: CEOs

Business is at a crossroads. Scandal and recession have cast a pall on the way CEOs go about leading their companies. Three distinguished professors send this memo -- Five Half-truths of Business -- as a wake-up call.READ»

The Blame Game

A Spy in the House of WorkREAD»

Advertisers in Issue 41

Interact with the companies whose products and services are advertised in Fast Company.READ»