Fast Company recently launched the FC Book Club, a monthly book discussion group featuring the best and brightest business books selected by our readers -- and our host Charles Decker.
October's selection is Authentic Leadership by ...READ»
Here's another poke in the eye for people who gripe that the space industry is a waste of money: Technology originally developed by NASA as an insulator for spacecraft has been incorporated into a new implantable medical device ...READ»
"We connect through our weaknesses, not our strengths," says Bill George, former CEO of Medtronic and author of Authentic Leadership, "Human fraility is where we connect."
George says that when he sent e-mails to Medtronic employees ...READ»
September 16 - At the Global Boards Forum, presented today in New York City by Directorship and Global Proxy Watch, 80 directors of public companies gathered to discuss board member responsibilities.
Particularly striking to me ...READ»
You have seen our Fast Company 50. But what are the companies within specific categories doing creative and ground-breaking work? Who is leading an industry into the future? Here we present the top ten firms in Design.READ»
My
long-time friend Richard Lang, whose company Burst.com (OTC: BRST.PK) won a couple of big patent
infringement suits a while back, but essentially lost its product window in ...READ»
Hewitt, the global HR outsourcing and consulting company, has released its 2005 study of the top companies for leaders.
What are the top 20 companies for leaders?
3M Company
General Electric Company
Johnson & Johnson
Dell Inc.
Liz ...READ»
According to a newly released report from Medtech Ventures, the forward looking strategy think tank for the medical technology industry, the global market for Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair (TEVAR) devices reached $160 million in 2008.READ»
As Charles says, passion is a strong undercurrent throughout Authentic Leadership. In one key passage (pp. 36-37), Bill George connects passion and purpose:
Many leaders search for years, even decades, to find the purpose for their ...READ»
Leslie Saxon
Professor of Medicine; Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine
USC school of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
Reinventing the Consumer
Leslie Saxon, 50, has worked in the field of networked health monitoring ...READ»
Last week, the American Academy of Pediatrics called for the redesign of hot dogs. Never ones to resist a challenge, or the chance to play with their food, RKS carved out a little time to reinvent the wiener.READ»
Bill George, Harvard Professor and former CEO, Medtronic, will be keynoting the World Business Forum next Tuesday for the second year in a row. I spoke to him today. Here is some of what he told me:Leaders need to think of the world ...READ»
Shifting the consumer paradigm to sustainable products, processes, and experiences has to begin with a fundamental shift in the way we think, the way we do business, and the way we all live our lives.READ»
The author of "The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid" who passed away earlier in the month was influential in transforming Ravi Sawhney's design practice.READ»
You will soon find that no corporate board will hire a CEO or elect a new board member who doesn't have experience in environmental sustainability and social issues. Why would I say this? And where would a corporate person gain ...READ»
A "dream team" of designers could improve America's ailing system by focusing on health care as a series of meaningful, user-centered experiences.READ»
In my last post, I shared five short-term strategies for surviving the downturn by using design thinking as a roadmap to connect your business with consumers. Once you've weathered the worst of the economic storms, it's time to ...READ»
History has shown that hard times can provide as much opportunity as pitfalls. Want proof? Motorola, Hewlett-Packard, and Xerox are just three innovation-driven companies that were founded during the Great Depression. More recently, ...READ»
