Topic: FORTUNE Magazine

Wal-Mart's Battered Reputation

Wal-Mart yesterday outlined some plans to improve its employee health care benefits. The move comes at a time when the big-box retailer has clearly been bruised by a torrent of name-calling from labor groups, filmmakers, and other ...READ»

Getting Customers to Love You

As I sign off this week as a guest blogger on all things 'customer,' my head's hanging a bit low. Customer frustration is just so high. So I want to leave you with some basics that I know about treating customers right. When I was ...READ»

Leading Ideas: Firestarting

"You can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart." --- Bruce Springsteen (1949- ) American singer/songwriter, lyrics from "Dancing in the Dark" Richard Branson, the often outrageous Chairman of the Virgin Group ...READ»

Advertisers in Issue 41

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

Where's the Love?

Why Some Companies Win Public Trust and Others Lose ItREAD»

Not Your Father's Fortune. But Fortune Meets Maxim?

Not long ago, Fortune magazine managed to find space in its pages for a story on thongs, replete with a revealing photograph of a young woman in skin-tight jeans, her dual-strapped thong prominently visible. Now, in the latest ...READ»

Character Test

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

Attack of the Crazies, or Rise of the Entrepreneurs

A recent report boasting the global rise of entrepreneurism encourages me; not only will workforce policy across the globe need to increasingly shift to accommodate the flex time, opportunities and innovation that we self-employeds ...READ»

Thank You Ma'am, May I Have Another?

Harriet Rubin's commentary on the changing nature of sex relations in the business world.READ»

Leadership 2.0

A letter from the founding editors.READ»

Rest in Peace

Ed Darby, who left Fortune magazine to become the financial editor for the Chicago Sun-Times in the late '50s, died Saturday at the age of 81. Darby was an early advocate of transforming business journalism, moving away from ...READ»

Carly, Leaving

Not long after a well-researched and -reasoned hatchet job in Fortune magazine, Carly Fiorina is stepping down at HP. Relation, causation aside, her departure raises some interesting questions. Formerly the It Girl of business, ...READ»

The Blame Game

A Spy in the House of WorkREAD»

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

Welcome to Wal-Mart - We're Mean to Our People

My daughter, Elizabeth, called one afternoon, but I couldn't talk to her, because my new Wal-Mart - 1 mile from my house - was having its grand opening. She'll tell you this didn't sound like her mother, who likes Neiman Marcus and ...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»

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»

Letter From the CEO

Handing over the keys.READ»

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

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»

Seems So Long Ago!

The holiday break allowed me to read at least one book: Nina Munk's superb Fools Rush In: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Unmaking of AOL Time Warner. The book is a fast read and a tour de force that explores the motivations and ...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»

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»