Topic: Indiana Jones

Doing What Feels Right Despite the Evidence

1. Mergers and Acquisitions CEOs love M&A -- to goose the stock and display some vision. But studies show that mergers designed to create added value -- Delta and Northwest are talking about being the first global airline -- ...READ»

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Being A Fast Company In A World In Need Of Radical Change

Welcome to my first blog post. Thanks for your interest in the future of the corporate social responsibility movement. As this is Fast Company’s site, I hope to encourage you all to both Move Fast and Move Wisely. If you ...READ»

Indiana Jones and the Resiliency of Brands

Brands that establish emotional connections can survive twenty years of stagnation. In other words, I can't wait to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. This morning I watched the trailer on Yahoo. As ...READ»

Work/Life: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Dysfunctional Work Obsession

  So this time it’s a Crystal Skull.  When it started it was Lost Ark.  When is Indiana Jones going to own up to his work obsession?  Hint: probably about the same time as Spielberg and Lucas own up to theirs, which won’t ...READ»

Selling “Sex and the City”

Sure Sex and the City has become a cultural phenomenon regarding relationships and the challenges 30-something women face. But let’s get real -- this film is all about the money. And money it has certainly delivered. According to ...READ»

The Headhunter's Guide To The Top 10 Films Of 2008

As an executive recruiter, it's my job to examine trends, gauge the needs of the marketplace and get my clients into jobs that will make the best use of their skill sets. When the process is firing on all cylinders, it is extremely ...READ»

Trying Times for Indy

A week before his obsessively anticipated Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opens in U.S theaters, George Lucas has a reason to bite his fingernails--and not just because Iron Man seems to already have become the ...READ»

Online Discussions and Username Importance

In his blog, Tactical Transparency and Fighting Fair, John Havens wrote about "trolls" posting inflamatory messages on the Internet. While I agree it is a problem, it seems futile to complain about it. There aren't many ...READ»

Is Hollywood Benefiting from the Current Recession?

The U.S economy may be in shambles, but for the movie industry, the next two months seem to signal a nice upsurge. Not only does the most universal form of escapist entertainment tend to fare especially well during economic ...READ»

Time for You to Go

With the turning of the seasons, are there leaves in your work and life you are ready to let go? When my husband was leaving a long-time job, the exit interviewer asked if a different role would make him stay. He had envisioned one, ...READ»

"There is No Such Thing as a Lost Cause... Unless You Give Up"

George Lucas, the filmwriter, producer, and director known best for his Star Wars and Indiana Jones series, was interviewed at the World Business Forum in Radio City Music Hall yesterday.READ»

Work/Life: "Sex and the City" for Guys?

It only took a week or so for another fantasy film to bump Indiana Jones off the top spot at the box office.  And I’m not branding “Sex and the City” a fantasy just because I’m a guy who would rather run headlong ...READ»

Fifty Years of Lasers, by the Numbers

The first U.S. patent for the laser went to Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes 50 years ago this month. Both physicists won Nobels for the work, which -- with that of ex-colleague Gordon Gould -- has sparked decades of innovation and sci-fi fantasy. A look at the data.READ»

How Emily Gould Turns Us On

The last seven days have kept arts and entertainment editors busy. Amidst Cannes and Indiana Jones coverage came the season finales of most high-profile TV dramas, the confetti-accompanied crowning of an indie rocker as the newest ...READ»

Designing a Movement: Seven Principles for Sustainable Action

Valerie Casey recaps her Designers Accord keynote from last week's SXSW Interactive festival, and includes some suggestions for action designers can take today.READ»

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Going for the Gut

Our heroes may crunch the numbers, but we like them to play their hunches.READ»

Gettysburg Battle Site Revamps To Attract Tourists

With a $100 million revamp, the Civil War site is fighting to get visitors to stay longer -- and spend more.,With a $100 million revamp, the Civil War site is fighting to get visitors to stay longer -- and spend more.READ»

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60 Seconds With Paul McFedries

From "McJob" to "metrosexual," Paul McFedries meticulously documents the latest words to enter the English lexicon.READ»

Beau Dozier

Beau Dozier news Such a suspension could negatively impact LaBeouf's employment opportunities in the near future, as many action scenes require the film's star to be behind the wheel. LaBeouf is currently filming "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," the latest film in the hit Michael Bay series that puts him in the driver's seat of various transforming automobiles. The actor's injury has already been written into the script by scrambling writers. READ»

Hollywood's New Game

Technology and entertainment can mix -- if you combine the right strategy with the right kind of organization. That's the lesson behind the rise of Sega GameWorks. Although the company is based in Hollywood, the model is pure Silicon Valley.READ»

More than 60 Seconds with Paul McFedries

In this extended interview, Fast Company covers more ground with neologist Paul McFedries. From "McJob" to "metrosexual," McFedries meticulously documents the latest words to enter the English lexicon.READ»

The Most Interesting Man Once Threw a Party So Exclusive Even He Wasn't There

You know who he is. Right now, he's probably luging Mount Everest or quail hunting in Tunisia. He is the only man alive able to tweet 141 characters. Once, he saw a quadruple rainbow and hiked on, unimpressed. He is...The Most ...READ»

Forget Design Thinking and Try Hybrid Thinking

The true secret to innovation can be found in "hybridity," the conscious blending of different and disperse fields of thought--which doesn't always have to include design.READ»

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Walsh Family Media Creates Visual Effects For John Gray's ‘White Irish Drinkers’

Visual effects artists and independent animation company Walsh Family Media, selected to provide visual effects cinematography for the latest John Gray Film, ‘White Irish Drinkers’.READ»

Seven Innovations From The MacWorld Keynote

Apple announced an impressive number of advances today at MacWorld, everything from facial recognition to advanced drag and drop video editing. But which of these software upgrades are truly innovative and which ones are simply Apple's 'improvements' on what's already been done?READ»