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The glass ceiling remains unbroken

The Glass Ceiling While 95 percent of 2,521 American workers believe women have made important advancements in the workplace over the last ten years, 86 percent also believe that the glass ceiling is still in place, ...READ»

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New Product Development: From Concept to Launch

Launching a product will not happen over night. It takes time, horsepower, creativity and smarts to launch a successful product. We will walk you through each stage, from concept to launch, to help guide your new product development efforts...READ»

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Build Your Innovation Tool Kit

On my flight back from Rochester the other night after delivering a workshop to a group of CEOs, I was reading a fascinating article titled "Culture in Action" by Ann Swidler. In it I read the following ...READ»

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The Wind Ensemble

Originally created by Frederick Fennell at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, in 1952 the modern wind ensemble was developed to feature the full range of woodwind instruments in a concert band setting. Since then, ...READ»

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New Product Development: From Concept to Launch

Launching a product will not happen over night. It takes time, horsepower, creativity and smarts to launch a successful product. We will walk you through each stage, from concept to launch, to help guide your new product development efforts...READ»

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Meet the Winner of Our Sonos Sweepstakes, and Find Out About the Next Challenge

More than 900 people spotted the minute differences in a series of slideshow images we posted to the site last week (man, slide number 5 was tough--the complete list of answers is below). The randomly chosen winner of the Sonos ...READ»

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Money Therapy 101

So you've got money issues? Is the relationship just not working out? It's time for some counseling from the money shrink, Pamela York Klainer. Can money ever buy happiness? Only if you can learn how to talk about it with honesty and clarity. (That's all the time we have. We'll take this up next session.)READ»

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Here's Your Allowance, Mom

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Newspapers Could Be Saved by... Gaming?

It's no secret that newspapers are struggling as readers get older and young people stop (or never start) picking up the paper. So what's a hemorrhaging old brand to do? If it's the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, create a ...READ»

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Mind Games

According to the people at Play, whose clients include some of the world's most serious companies, the best ideas come from playful minds. And the way to tap into playful minds is to play -- together.READ»

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8 Principles for Learning

A study aligns the reality of work in the field with XBS's overall change strategy.READ»

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Fast Focus

Kodak's "fast flow" factory in Guadalajara, Mexico builds nearly 40 million Fun Saver cameras each year. The plant, called SUN Guadalajara, combines the best attributes of a good photograph to create a picture of how to succeed in global competition.READ»

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How Mayo Clinic and Microsoft Are Empowering Patients

Sidna Tulledge-Scheitel Medical Director, Global Products and Services Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota   David Cerino General Manager Health Solutions Group Microsoft Redmond, ...READ»

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The Ethics Monitor

The results of our first Ethics Survey. Plus: morally challenged folks from all over.READ»

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How She Does It

Abruptly widowed, Sophie Vandebroek stayed with her demanding fast-track career--but on her terms.READ»

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The Agenda - Introduction

Fast Company's second annual report on the people, teams, and companies that are doing work that matters -- and creating the future of work.READ»

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Best of Artisan Chocolate

What tastes better with chocolate? According to these confectioners, just about everything.READ»

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Escape from the Red Zone

Peter Naylor and Claire Crittenden have a revolutionary approach for confronting the business world's last taboo: emotion.READ»

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A Prescription for Innovation

The Mayo Clinic's new SPARC lab is driving experimentation at the frontier of health care. How? By getting physicians to think more like designers.READ»

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A Prescription for Innovation

The Mayo Clinic's new SPARC lab is driving experimentation at the frontier of health care. How? By getting physicians to think more like designers.READ»

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XBS Learns to Grow

Chris Turner is the 'Learning Person' for Xerox Business Services -- and the impresario of a dazzling array of events that offer XBSers the learning skills they need to keep the organization growing at 40% a year.READ»

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Employee Innovator: Wegmans

Moving the cheese: Wegmans relies on smart, deeply trained employees to create a "theater of food."READ»

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Laconia Toyota Owners Encouraged to Call for Service for Sticky Pedals

Irwin Toyota in Laconia is recommending that Toyota owners affected by the recall call their service center immediately. Irwin Toyota will take information of any customer who will need a service appointment.READ»

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Work/Life: A New Day Dawns on the Tarmac

Most business travelers know someone who has been marooned for hours on the tarmac, running low on water, food, and clean restrooms. It's every road warrior's nightmare to be "tarmacked."The Department of Transportation's (DOT) new ...READ»

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The Agenda - Total Teamwork

Teams of doctors, nurses, and technicians at the world-renowned Mayo Clinic bring new-economy practices to "old-fashioned" medicine.READ»