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How to Talk With Your Customers Differently

Almost a year ago, I wrote about how Best Buy handled a situation that could have snowballed in much more than an embarrassment - it could have become a PR nightmare. Yes, customers today have a wider reach than they ever had. The ...READ»

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The Starbucks of Pharmacies?

An innovative startup thinks technology can make you actually enjoy going to the drugstore.READ»

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Filling the Void

Introducing the Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award winners--25 entrepreneurs solving the world's toughest problems with creativity, ingenuity, and passion. Because they can't stand a vacuum.READ»

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Fast Cities

They're 15 up-and-coming hubs for creative workers--places that draw people who are talented, tech savvy, and tolerant. Meet the home of your next big opportunity.READ»

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A Foreign Affair

Global markets used to be an afterthought in Hollywood--not anymore.READ»

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The Architect of a Different Kind of Organization

Joshua Prince-Ramus isn't just creating buildings. In a field obsessed with celebrity, he's putting the work -- and his workers -- first.READ»

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Feedback

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

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25 Top Women Business Builders

Meet the winners of our first-ever awards for women business owners. They're a dynamic, inspiring group -- with lots to teach us all.READ»

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Gospels of Failure

The reports on three high-profile disasters offer rich lessons in why organizations fail -- and how not to.READ»

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Lessons From Our Customer Champions

This month's letter from the editor.READ»

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Lessons From Our Customer Champions

This month's letter from the editor.READ»

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Between The Lines

The stories behind this issue's stories.READ»

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Rocky Mountain High

How do you clean up and shut down an infamous nuclear site? By getting employees to work as hard as possible to put themselves out of jobs.READ»

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Balance <amp></amp> Balance Sheets

By now most of the world (outside of the occasional football coach) knows that a woman-friendly workplace is good business. But while many big companies have all sorts of programs to retain and promote women, one obscure accounting firm has been particularly successful at doing so. So what do they know?READ»

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It's a Blog World After All

Blogs were once the domain of angst-ridden teens and doomed presidential candidates. But the likes of Verizon, IBM, Microsoft, and Dr. Pepper are all climbing on the blogwagon. Turns out, Web logs are a nifty knowledge-management tool. And companies also see them as a promising medium for advertising (naturally).READ»

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Fast Company... on the Air!

Fast Company Associate Editor Jena McGregor will appear on CNBC Squawk Box at 8:20 a.m. tomorrow to discuss the November issue's list of Fast Cities. Tune in if you can!READ»

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Fast Company... on the Air!

If you live in the New York area, tune in to the CBS 2 morning show tomorrow at 6:45 a.m. to see Fast Company Associate editor Jena McGregor. She'll be offering career advice as part of the show's week-long jobs series.READ»

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Pushing Perfection Past the Limit

Tuesday's train accident in Japan which killed 78 and injured about 440, reminded me of April's Next lead essay, "The Performance Paradox." It seems that the accident may have been caused by the train's driver speeding to make up ...READ»

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Fast Company... on the Air!

Fast Company associate editor Jena McGregor will appear on ABC World News This Morning, tomorrow, Oct. 6, at 4:40 a.m. She will also be featured on Bloomberg TV this Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 9-10, starting at 6 a.m. and repeated ...READ»

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It's a "Plog" World After All?

Jena McGregor suggests that businesses can successfully use blogs as knowledge management and marketing tools -- ways to organize information within the company, as well as to reach out to partners, clients, and customers. In the ...READ»

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The Blogging of Business

Contributors to FC Now try to avoid being too self-referential -- if you want to know what Fast Company is working on, it's probably best to sign up for Fast Take, our weekly email newsletter -- but we just put the April 2004 table ...READ»

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Blogging Next

Danah Boyd is an information management PhD student at the University of California, where she researches how people negotiate their presentation of self in online communities and other social contexts. Anil Dash works as VP of ...READ»