Topic: NFC West Division

Scouting The NFC West

Scouting The NFC WestPredicted order of Finish: Seahawks (11-5), Rams (9-7), 49ers (8-8), Cardinals (6-10)Seattle SeahawksA lineup stacked with high profile veterans emergence off injury/down seasons look at 2007 as an attempt to ...READ»

Careers: Bank of America Hires an Avatar

When I get a warm and fuzzy feeling about a bank it's usually because I'm watching a tearjerker TV commercial. Some bank has rebuilt a blighted neighborhood or loaned an underprivileged mom the dough to build a bakery. Until ...READ»

Don't Burn Out!

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"Take Me Out of This Eyesore..."

The latest in a series of tales inspired by past visions of a perfect future.READ»

Neighborhood MATCH Program

Last month, the Mills Corp. opened a new shopping mall 25 miles outside Houston that employs nearly 200 local welfare recipients who were recruited, trained, and transported across town with one goal in mind: self-improvement.READ»

We Spent $2.6 Million on What?

I wonder if people's TiVo patterns changed during the Super Bowl. Do fewer people Tivo (I know I'm using it as a verb, and I'm sorry for that) the game, in order to watch it, and the commercials, live, or do even more people Tivo the ...READ»

Wilson vs. Woods

If you haven't yet read the Sept. FC "Open Debate" between Steven F. Wilson and George Wood regarding private sector involvement in (or in lieu of) public education, I'd encourage you to do so. I only wish to chime in with a comment ...READ»

Madden NFL 10

Since 2001, seven of the nine athletes chosen for the cover of Madden NFL have ended up injured or ineffective after that season. "I never really thought the curse was real," says Madden NFL senior project manager Anthony ...READ»

The Role of Inspiration in Cultivating High Performance

How can you inspire your employees to maximize their talent and dedicate themselves to the team rather than to personal goals?READ»

Listen Up! The Web Makes Noise

The Web has become a feast for the ears as well as the eyes. You can listen in on conference calls with Wall Street analysts, get breaking news from the Balkans, or download the latest tune from Fatboy Slim. Here's Fast Company's listener's guide.READ»

Kartik Ramakrishnan

"By age 30, the average Indian is married and has two kids. Let's just say that I'm not married and I don't have two kids. In some sense, that's the price I've paid for where I am today."READ»

How to Get Them to Show You the Money

Leigh Steinberg, the most powerful agent in sports, tells free agents in the business world how to negotiate great deals -- and how to deal with their fear of negotiation.READ»

Star Power: Dr. Andrews' Patient List is a Veritable Who's Who of Sports

Andrews has treated thousands of athletes in his 35-year career. How many of the 88 Hall of Famers, all-stars, and up-and-comers do you recognize?READ»

• The Most Valuable Player in Sports is ... this Doctor
• High Profile Sports Patients of Dr. James Andrews
• Big Game Trophy Hunter

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»

Penalty! Unnecessary Blandness! Redesigning the Worst NFL Helmet Graphics

Ken Carbone couldn't stand to let another football season go by watching great teams play with subpar helmet graphics. So he redesigned three of the worst offenders.READ»

• Ken Carbone's Yes to Less blog

A List of Our Own

Since my October 2006 hardcopy issue of Fast Company just arrived in yesterday's mail, I like to bid farewell to the September issue -- and its stellar list of Customer First award winners, honorable mentions, and local heroes -- ...READ»

Sports: Blacklist the Patriots!

Before the start of the NFL season, Eric Gillin, editor of Esquire.com, compared this year's New England Patriots to Communist China. At the time, he focused mainly on positives, including the team's enormous potential and the "for ...READ»

The Real Star of the Super Bowl, with Apologies to Kurt, Big Ben, and Bruce

There's no way of knowing how Kurt Warner and Ben Roethlisberger will handle the pressure-cooker on Sunday. But one fellow guaranteed to heat things up at the Super Bowl is Ron Krivosik. Meet the man in charge of feeding 80,000 people--fans, players, media, the skybox elite, even Bruce Springsteen and the E-Streeters.READ»

The Power of Integrated Brand Marketing

Nancy Friedman is vice president of advertising for Visa USA. Her keynote this morning at Ad:Tech 2003 touched on how the Visa brand got so strong, how the company keeps its brand relevant, and how integrated marketing fits in. Here ...READ»

Seattle Reboots Its Future

The leaders of the city that Bill Boeing and Bill Gates built are asking what it will take to thrive in the 21st century.READ»

How Cisco's CEO John Chambers is Turning the Tech Giant Socialist

A hard-core republican turns Cisco into a socialist enterprise -- one with $26 billion in cash.READ»

• Cisco's CEO John Chambers On How to Weather the Downturn

Playing to Win

Computer and video games are a bigger business than the movies, and the biggest force in games is Electronic Arts -- a company whose blockbuster titles dazzle millions of customers and generate billions of dollars in sales. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at a creative powerhouse (and a model of disciplined management) where rappers beg to be hoopsters, war-game designers learn combat tactics from a Marine hero -- and a series of complex projects come in on time and on budget.READ»

Fast Company Recommended Events July + August 2009

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• Watch: Harry Potter 6
• Drill: The U.S. Oil Industry Turns 150
• Numerology: Hawaii Five-O

Sony Changes the Game

PlayStation zapped Nintendo and Sega to become a $5 billion video game juggernaut. The lesson: to win big, make your own rules.READ»

Why Can't We Get Anything Done?

Stanford B-school professor Jeffrey Pfeffer has a question: If we're so smart, why can't we get anything done? Here are 16 rules to help you make things happen in your organization.READ»