Topic: John Lennon

A New Way to Really Connect Your Business -- With Your Business Card

Every business card brings with the hope of anchoring who you are at some later point in time and, hopefully, ensuring you stand out in the world. Now B1G1 makes it possible to make each business card you hand out a charitable voucher.READ»

Alex Bogusky Tells All: He Left the World's Hottest Agency to Find His Soul

Alex Bogusky, the Elvis of advertising, has left the business. Is this a New Age midlife crisis or his greatest rebranding campaign?READ»

Can Gen X Grow Up With the Web?

Think Different. Those two little words kicked off Apple's 1997 ad campaign, which featured historical figures such as Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lennon in black and white footage and still photos. Think Different was brilliant marketing because it acted like a siren call for anyone who sensed that a growing world of possibilities was beginning to take shape on the Web.READ»

Rollingstone.com Relaunches With Exciting Extras, but No Screams

Rolling Stone has rolled out its new Web site today, er, tomorrow. Or something. More importantly, for the first time in a long time, it's in charge of its own online destiny. A deal with RealNetworks, which ran the magazine's online ...READ»

How Steve Nash Shines in Basketball--and Business

Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash shines brightest during on-court chaos, and he's got a plan to do the same in business.READ»

• Steve Nash's Playbook
• Web Exclusive: Steve Nash: The NBA's Top Entrepreneur
• Web Exclusive: Baller Steve Nash Scores a Web Video Three-Pointer

Why Can't Poetry Be an Organizing Tool? Why Cant' the Arts Play a Big Role in Politics?

I live just outside Northampton, Massachusetts. About ten years ago, Northampton established the position of City Poet Laureate, with a two-year term. Until two years ago, the post was mostly ceremonial. The official poet would ...READ»

Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Innovation* But Were Afraid To Ask

This is way too long for a blog, but what the heck... “There is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new system”- Machiavelli (1469-1527) One of the ...READ»

The Self-Prescribing Media Doctor #16

What is there left to say about the King that has not been said, other than the music he left behind is as immortal as anything that be dared be called immortal.  "My Way" is an obvious song for the independent of mind but a ...READ»

Human Actions #7

As I go through the process of Twenty Tweets and organizing my experiences around that, what has emerged from it is a phrase which seems meaningful to me.  That phrase is "POETIC FREQUENCY". It is not particularly important from ...READ»

Twenty Tweets #2

Twenty Tweets is a better title than Twenty Twitters.  Wouldn't it be easier to just UNPROTECT my twitter account? Getting those tweets ready for this format is a pain to remove excess info like logos and time stamps, the tweets ...READ»

Abraham Lincoln and the 10,000-Hour Rule

Thousands of hours of practice are required in order to become famous in any given field. This article applies this general principle to the career of Abraham Lincoln. READ»

Ben & Jerry's Imagine Peace Online

All the world needs is peace, love and ice cream -- at least according to Ben & Jerry's. To spotlight the ice cream enterprise's newest creation, "Imagine Whirled Peace," (a swirl of sweet cream-flavored ice cream, ...READ»

Business Trips Don't Have to be All Business

Being away on business shouldn't mean doing away with enjoyment. It should mean doing things differently. Get an expert's tips on how to get the most out of your trip.READ»

Spare No Expense

Even the staunchest budget "hawk" understands that you can't cost-cut your way to growth.READ»

An Evolutionary Approach to Innovation

Can biology teach us anything about innovation? The essence of Darwinism is that progress is created by adaptation to changed conditions. What starts as a random mutation can also spread to become the norm through a process of natural ...READ»

Zero-000

Not for Video Not for Audio Not for Comment Not for Fashion Not forever…but to reach Zero Introduction to Zero [10 April 2008 Ammendments in TEMPLATE CONSTRUCTION below] I cannot see how one can be a free spirit ...READ»

Poetry

8th Day: http://www.fastcompany.com/profile-blog/man-womb Kevin's Amniocentesis BIG - HUGE - BIGGER Day 7 of Man in a Womb What I write here should not be picking coral from the sea for when so picked, all one ...READ»

Work/Life: Staying in Bed All Day...How You Can Make It Work For You

  So much news competing for my attention this week: China, the economy, the presidential race, the housing market…I suppose it should come as no surprise that current events are just like the tasks in our Palm Pilot.  They come ...READ»

Breaking the mold

In starting this blog, I wanted to make sure that I offered coverage of women in business that was not being offered elsewhere. One suggestion about this coverage came from Gail Evans, former executive vice president of CNN and ...READ»

The Leading Edge - A Regret Free Career and Life

Regret is what happens when you’re busy making plans… that you never follow through on. (with appreciation and regrets to John Lennon) Ah…a life with no regrets. Is it possible? Yes, if you utilize Macro ...READ»

AOL's True Believers

Wall Street is down on AOL Time Warner -- and worried about its moguls. Yet deeper in the ranks, a cadre of executives is working hard to bring the troubled colossus to life. Here's how a new cast of players is building the future of the world's biggest media company.READ»

Past Track to the Future

Stephen E. Ambrose has written best-selling histories of great feats of leadership and human endeavor. His insights from the past can teach a new generation of business leaders how to build for the future.READ»

'I'm a Saboteur.'

Brainpower is more important than ever, but education seems more backward than ever. John Taylor Gatto, an award-winning teacher, now aims to overthrow the public-school establishment for which he worked for 30 years.READ»

Getting It Done

Yes, you can outthink the competition. But now it's time to outdo the competition. Meet a set of expert implementers who can show you what it takes to move from idea to action.READ»

Building the New Economy

The new world of business is under construction -- and DPR Construction Inc. is building it. This company "Exists to Build Great Things." That means building things faster, smarter, and better than the competition. Does DPR deliver? Just ask its clients.READ»