Topic: John Mackey

Inspirational Shame in the Era of Behavior

We have entered a time when how we do things is essential to our ability to succeed, says Dov Seidman. In this “Era of Behavior,” shame is a powerful social and business force and a behavior rooted in sustainable values. Shaming can even be inspirational. How? Shame is a key element of self governance and an example of a self-correcting force in a self-governing culture.READ»

Reader Feedback: Dec 2009 / Jan 2010

The Future of All Media? The language and energy of Ashton Kutcher's Katalyst are right, but the goals seem fuzzy ("Want a Piece of This?"). Perhaps the best news is that Pepsi's top guns see that less control of the brand means ...READ»

• Update: The Resurgence of Rwanda

Today in Most Innovative Companies

Daily news of note about our Most Innovative Companies, including Whole Foods, Walmart, Facebook, Zappos, and NintendoREAD»

Most Innovative Companies - All Stars

These companies, featured on our 2008 and 2009 honor rolls, fought a dour economy with renewed creativity and bold initiatives. (Alas, not all fared ...READ»

Reader Feedback: November 2009

On Capitalism "If the surge of corporate power was going to leave governments relatively impotent," Noreena Hertz argues in "Cassandra's Revenge," "then those corporations themselves needed to fill the void." Asking corporations to ...READ»

• Update: D.C. Report Card

Did John Mackey's Media March Cost Him the Whole Foods Chairmanship?

John Mackey has continued espousing a philosophy that doesn't jibe with many of his customers'. Fast Company first questioned him about it in November. Now he's stepping down as Whole Foods' Chairman.READ»

In Defense of Tact: A Reply to Strong

I have come to be at peace with the way anonymous naysayers treat the Internet as some kind of unending playground. So-called Internet "trolls" roam comment boards trashing articles in what I can only assume is a desperate outcry of ...READ»

John Mackey's Whole Foods Vision to Reshape Capitalism

John Mackey, the Libertarian CEO of Whole Foods, says not to worry: Capitalism and the invisible hand will cure the world's ills. But isn't it a little late to start believing in magic?READ»

• Conscious Capitalists Focus on the Ideals of Businesses

Consciousness in Leadership: The New Edge for 21st Century Business

I returned recently from the C3 Summit in Austin TX - that’s the Catalyzing Conscious Capitalism Summit.  In attendance were some well known CEOs such as John Mackey CEO of Whole Foods, George Zimmer of Men’s Warehouse, and ...READ»

Mackey's Op-Ed Tarnishes Whole Foods Brand Image

Whole Foods’ standing among its core constituency is less than it was before CEO John Mackey wrote a well-publicized op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, attempting to put the brakes on health care reform. According to ...READ»

Mackey's Op-Ed Tarnishes Whole Foods Brand Image

Whole Foods’ standing among its core constituency is less than it was before CEO John Mackey wrote a well-publicized op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, attempting to put the brakes on health care reform. According to ...READ»

Six Viral Articles to Make You a Health Care Expert

Whether you think public-option health care is a panacea or a slippery slope, you can't deny that the issue has prompted plenty of dialogue (and, okay, invective.) Rather than keeping up on all the bloviating, here are six viral ...READ»

Innovating Toward Health Care Reform, the Whole Foods Way

With the health-care debate bogged down in mindless town hall confrontations and the President reassuring us his plan for health care reform will work--just as soon as he creates it--where can Americans turn for innovative ideas in ...READ»

Jack Welch, A Proponent of Conscious Capitalism?

Right now, denizens of young corporate leaders and entrepreneurs who are fighting the good fight –getting investors and their corporate leaders on board with new and more sustainable ways to view business – are perking up at the recent words from former GE Chairman and CEO, Jack Welch. If you have been reading my blog, you have followed my discussions of sustainability as a part of corporate consciousness for the past months. Today, I was pointed towards the latest word from Mr. Welch, publically stating that it was “a dumb idea” for executives to focus so heavily on quarterly profits and share price gains. Wait, wasn’t it Welch who originally created the “shareholder value movement” in the early 80s? READ»

Customer Focused Companies

Smart companies focus on customers. They don't ask for government bailouts.READ»

• Evolutionary Economics: Bottom Up Solutions to Business Problems

The World's Most Innovative Companies

We canvassed the experts, analyzed the products, and crunched the numbers. From visionary upstarts to storied stalwarts, here are companies that dazzle with new ideas -- and prove beyond a doubt how business is a force for change. We call them the Fast 50.READ»

• Presenting the 2008 Fast 50
• The Faces and Voices of Google
• Slideshow: The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies

Fast 50 2008: Whole Foods

Long before Apple created boutique computer stores that make customers drool, Whole Foods Market was opening grocery stores that made food shopping a mouth-watering adventure. Part of Whole Foods' success, part of its style, ...READ»

• Presenting the 2008 Fast 50
• The World's Most Innovative Companies
• The Faces and Voices of Google

Is there a HIERARCHY OF NEEDS in home development?

I became a born-again Maslow nut during the post-dot-com, post-9/11 period that we Bay Area hoteliers like to refer to as the “five-year hangover” starting in January 2001. After five years of phenomenal times for Bay Area ...READ»

Message in a Bottle

Americans spent more money last year on bottled water than on ipods or movie tickets: $15 Billion. A journey into the economics--and psychology--of an unlikely business boom. And what it says about our culture of indulgence.READ»

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"I No Longer Want to Work for Money"

From a letter sent November 2 by Whole Foods Markets CEO John Mackey to his employees. On the same day, the grocery chain warned that sales growth would slow in the year ahead. Its stock dropped 23% on the news.READ»

Tough Love

Business wants to love design, but it's often an awkward romance. READ»

Fast Talk: What's the Biggest Change Facing Business In the Next 10 Years?

In Fast Company's first decade, we introduced readers to a lot of amazingly smart people. To launch our second, we asked 10 of our favorite brains what's next--and how to get ready for it.READ»

A Blog Masala

Take a virtual voyage to the subcontinent and its emerging economy via these Indian business-related blogs.READ»

Feedback

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»