Topic: Munich

Productronica

Innovative production techniques for electronics -- and the microelectronics inside those electronics -- are the focus of this 40,000-person trade show, the largest global gathering of its kind. We hope that some exhibitors will be ...READ»

Spirit at Work

FC Now reader Don Miller recommended that I take a look at a new article published by Strategy+Business. Klaus-Peter Gushurst, Munich-based vice president of Booz Allen Hamilton, offers "The New Leadership: Sober, Spirited, and ...READ»

Artist Matthias Manner Turns IT Junk Into IT Monsters

Manner's sculptures look like the misbegotten offspring of computer-junk and deep-sea crustaceans.READ»

Wallpaper Magazine's Design Awards 2009

What do Kanye West, French architect Jean Nouvel, and an Aussie product designer have in common? They were all judges for Wallpaper's Design Awards 2009. The results were just posted. The winners include the new BMW museum in ...READ»

Airport of Tomorrow

In Germany, engineering giant Siemens tests features designed to make air travel less awful.READ»

You Can't Call There from Here

Cell tips for the international traveller.READ»

Just STOP leading badly

After reviewing the motivational research of the last 20 years or so, and by comparing this with what participants in workshops and on our coaching programmes have told us over the past three years, it is very clear what managers ...READ»

What's Possible

"One of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible." -- Lance Armstrong, cancer survivor and repeat winner of the Tour de France I attended the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. The event ...READ»

Double Features

Iconic conferences apparently come in pairs. Choose your winter agenda:READ»

Fearless Oscar Predictions

The Academy Awards will be handed out on Sunday night, and for many people, this is their Super Bowl. The hype and speculation, even in a year that's signaled major change for Hollywood, have been immense. One voice we haven't ...READ»

Car Museum Smackdown: Porsche vs. BMW

This Saturday, Porsche throws open the doors on a gleaming new museum designed by Delugan Meissl. But is it even the best car museum in Germany? Does the Porsche Museum, near its Stuttgart factory, stack up to the BMW Welt, which ...READ»

The School for Change Agents

If you're under pressure, and you have a target, you get it done -- and fast.READ»

Marketing Tuesday: McDonalds Caters to Local Palates

I recently wrote a blog post, Lost in Translation – How Do Linguistic Differences Affect Global Marketing, on how, in line with cultural differences, advertising, commercials and marketing materials are necessarily differently ...READ»

BMW: Driven by Design

Chris Bangle and his design gurus are the creative engine inside the hottest car company in the world. But BMW's most breathtaking design may well be its strategy for growth. At the height of its success, when many of its rivals are hunkering down, BMW is making risky bets and unveiling a collection of bold new models. Who says you shouldn't mess with success?READ»

Oracle Plays the Knowledge Game

Tango, a business simulation from Europe, teaches the latest steps to leverage hidden sources of corporate value.READ»

BMW: Driven by Design

Chris Bangle and his design gurus are the creative engine inside the hottest car company in the world. But BMW's most breathtaking design may well be its strategy for growth. At the height of its success, when many of its rivals are hunkering down, BMW is making risky bets and unveiling a collection of bold new models. Who says you shouldn't mess with success?READ»

120 cops get human rights paralegal training

Sandy Hutchens thrilled that cops get human rights paralegal training.READ»

M-Powered

A skunkworks at BMW builds customized, high-performance screamers. It's also building a better BMW.READ»

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M-Powered

A skunkworks at BMW builds customized, high-performance screamers. It's also building a better BMW.READ»

Design Thursday: Ingo Maurer's Light Fantastic

You may not know the name of Ingo Maurer, the celebrated German lighting designer, but you probably know his work. If you’ve ever been to New York at Christmas, and seen the UNICEF crystal snowflake that hangs at the intersection ...READ»

Fast 50 Face-off: A Conversation with Innovation Guru Dev Patnaik

Innovation specialist Dev Patnaik of Jump Associates on which companies were ingenuity champs and which ones needed to "kick it up a notch."READ»

• Presenting the 2008 Fast 50
• The World's Most Innovative Companies

Where in the World to Find a Job

The national unemployment rate may be at its worst in over a decade, but there's a world of opportunity out there beyond Wall Street. Companies from Finland to Dubai are bucking the recession and actively hiring--you just have to know where to look.READ»

• Top Jobs 2009 - Main Page
• The Top Jobs for 2009
• What Should I Do with My Life, Now?

Please Displease Me

Hey, sometimes innovation ain't pretty. And neither are the cars Patrick le Quement designs for Renault. He's known for inspiring equal amounts of awe and anger -- along with strong salesREAD»

Tom Peters's True Confessions

On the 20th anniversary of In "Search of Excellence," Peters admits, "I had no idea what I was doing when I wrote 'Search.' "READ»