Topic: Oxford

Shawn Baldwin from CMG announces the Critical Capital Management Series for 2009

Shawn Baldwin from CMG (Chicago) announces the Critical Capital Management Series 2009READ»

Ice Cream in Newtown, CT

Summer has finally arrived.  And summer = ice cream! There are many places to go for ice cream in the local area.  There are Friendy's restaurants, Carvel Ice Cream, Dr. Mike's in Bethel & Monroe, Haagen-Dazs and Rich ...READ»

What I Did This Summer: Started an Airline

Plan to stay up for Letterman tomorrow night or at least set your Tivo. Not just to hear the infectious smoothness of the Eels, but to see Martin Halstead. Following the flight paths of Sir Richard Branson and David Neeleman, the ...READ»

Innovation Hothouses (www.outlookforchange.ca)

Innovation is hot. Books, courses and “management gurus” trumpet the need to develop the creative potential of employees. Innovation is cast as an essential ingredient for organizational survival in turbulent environments. ...READ»

Riversimple: The Open-Source Hydrogen Car [update]

Think you have what it takes to design a hydrogen-powered car? How about the guts to drive one? You can find out now that the Hyrban Project's Riversimple Urban Car, an open-source vehicle, has been unveiled in London. The ...READ»

A Social Entrepreneur's Tale: A Newbie Navigates the Skoll World Forum

On Monday evening, in a hotel room in London, Kjerstin Erickson made her hit list. Laid out in Excel, it is meticulous: name, organization, responsibility--65 names in all. The next day, Erickson boarded a train and made her way ...READ»

Talk Is Cheap. Let's Have a Conversation

What the new economy needs now is a good chat, says Oxford University professor Theodore Zeldin, who wants us to have conversations about the emotional, intellectual, and cultural dimensions of work.READ»

Rowing, Team-building, Winning, and Businesses

The confluence of business and social interests! It is too much fun! Look at this one. Harvard Business Review’s September issue features a piece called “Lessons from the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.” As an ...READ»

A Close Encounter of the Enlightened Kind

Aspen Institute's Executive Seminar finds modern wisdom in classic works.READ»

Are Fair-Trade Goods Recession Proof? Wal-Mart, Starbucks, and Cadbury Hope So

Global economic crisis. Financial collapse. The current climate. Whatever term you want to use to describe our present state of affairs, I've heard it in the halls and meeting rooms at the Skoll World Forum on Social ...READ»

Hal Varian

Chief economistREAD»

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

Fast Talk: Screen Gems

Movies may be sheer entertainment for most of us, but for many passionate, creative people, they're also a lot of work. With Oscar season here, we turned to a cast of film-industry characters for fresh wisdom on managing teams, coping with rejection, and implementing the visions of others.READ»

The 10 Best Architectural Worlds in Video Games

Following-up its ranking of the best Star Wars architecture, The Architect's Journal ranks the best virtual architecture.READ»

Careers: The World's Most Visible Personal Brander

At 28, entrepreneur Scott Ginsberg, has the most visible name in the world. Meet Scott any time, anywhere, day or night and he will be wearing his trademark red and white name tag emblazoned with his name in blue. Since November ...READ»

$3.7B in Digital Sales? That's Entertainment!

Shawn Baldwin from CMG discusses how private equity is investing in the media and entertainment industry.READ»

Can a Wall Made of Solidifed Sand Dunes Stop Desertification?

At the TED Global conference this week, a visionary architect shares his clever solution to stop the highly disruptive effects of encroaching desert on the lives of billions of Africans.READ»

Applaud: Congratulations, Graduates!

It's diploma season again, which means not only that a new batch of students will soon be facing the reality of the workplace but also that universities will be handing out honorary degrees. A look at several honorees -- and how they earned their doctorates.READ»

Honorary Degrees for Michael R. Bloomberg and Other Luminaries

It's diploma season again, which means not only that a new batch of students will soon be facing the reality of the workplace but also that universities will be handing out honorary degrees. A look at several honorees -- and how they earned their doctorates.READ»

• Now June 2008
• Numerology: A Hill of Beans

Avon Calling: Could Beauty Be a Path Out of Poverty?

"No! No! No!" Oxford business professor Linda Scott does not use Avon products. In fact, she says with a smile, "One of the worst things that ever happened to me is that a friend of mine started selling Avon." ...READ»

Freefall on the Anniversary

Shawn Baldwin from CMG in Chicago discusses capital management and the capital marketsREAD»

How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Plot the Graph.

Marketers have figured out a way to measure how consumers really feel about brands. Warning: Love hurts.READ»

First Kisses and Petri Dishes

A Florida school is home to some of the smartest high-school science kids around.READ»

Better than Oprah: Gore Gets Even More Eco-Friendly Facetime

Enviro-darling Al Gore is just about all over the place these days. This Saturday he and concert producer Kevin Wall are putting on Live Earth, the 24-hour global warming benefit, and he just graced the cover of our July/August issue ...READ»

High-Tech Achiever: Mini USA

Mini USA uses Web technology to achieve one of the toughest feats in customer service: It makes waiting fun.READ»

Fast Company Library

Books previously featured in Fast Company (2000)READ»