Psychiatrist Roy Lubit worked as a management consultant and teaches MBA students. But he's spent the past two weeks at ground zero, counseling survivors and advising companies with traumatized workers. Here's his advice on how to move beyond despair.READ»
How do the owners and employees of a small restaurant in Brooklyn respond to a world-changing tragedy just a few miles away? Not by fleeing or closing, but by staying open for business and serving the needs of the neighborhood.READ»
What's it like up there, where legroom and stale peanuts used to be our biggest concerns? How are travelers navigating the new airport restrictions? Do you really need to check in two hours early? Share your firsthand accounts of airline travel today.READ»
At some point, a problem gets so big that it represents an entrepreneurial opportunity. So it is with the headache-filled world of air travel. In a new book, James Fallows chronicles two exciting -- and long-shot -- efforts to build small planes that would challenge the air-traffic status quo. Is Boeing about to meet the iMac of flight?READ»
Paul Sagel and Bob Dirksing are two of the leaders behind an important new product for Procter Gamble -- one that has its customers, as well as its executives, smiling about the company's approach to innovation.READ»
Sarah Susanka is the champion of a big idea -- the proposition that Americans should embrace "Not So Big" houses that satisfy their real needs, rather than build starter castles designed to make a statement.READ»
To commemorate e-tickets, sleepovers at O'Hare, and the full-and-upright position, we present Fast Company's most high-flying ideas about travel -- past, present, and future.READ»
Jeff Weedman is a man with an innovative mission -- to open up Procter Gamble's treasure trove of patents (some 27,000 at last count) to the outside world. Why? Because selling off old ideas forces everyone to come up with new ideas faster.READ»
At some point, a problem gets so big that it represents an entrepreneurial opportunity. So it is with the headache-filled world of air travel. In a new book, James Fallows chronicles two exciting -- and long-shot -- efforts to build small planes that would challenge the air-traffic status quo. Is Boeing about to meet the iMac of flight?READ»
From Pottery Barn to the feel of a room at the W Hotel to finding just the right gift at RedEnvelope, Hilary Billings has mastered the art of creating "lifestyle brands" -- products and services that forge an emotional connection with customers.READ»
They are the world's most powerful promotional currency -- a medium of exchange that people manage almost as carefully as cash. So what does the future hold for frequent-flier miles? Answers to seven high-flying questions.READ»
Back in the 1960s, the suburbs were a place to escape from -- a plastic trap. Now the generation that fled "little boxes made of ticky-tacky" has its own suburban reality -- and its own question: Is this the future that we want to live in?READ»
... are anything but plain. Born on the island of Majorca, Camper shoes owe their quirky design sensibility -- and their trendy market appeal -- to geographical, cultural, and historical heritage.READ»
Think of a product that is so local, it could never go global. So basic, it could never be branded. So fundamental, it could never be reinvented. Now think about bread -- Lionel Poilane's bread, that is.READ»
Wieden+Kennedy's new headquarters has one design goal: to help its people live creative lives. It also has a secret weapon: The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art is a tenant.READ»
The Mitchell Gold Co. is bringing overdue change to an out-of-touch industry: home furniture. But unlike so many other mavericks, its primary competitive weapon isn't the Internet. Instead, the company is deploying a smart sense of design.READ»
After 16 years of research-and-development effort, Nike has finally figured out how to put a little spring not in your step but in your shoes. Innovation, it turns out, is a marathon, not a sprint.READ»
The people of Ursa, Shell's $1.45 billion oil-and-gas platform, live 65 miles offshore, in an environment that is demanding and dangerous, and that could drive them crazy. Here's how they work -- and how they cope.READ»
It is the dark side of Free Agent Nation. Here's how the mix of Microsoft's human-resources policies, unwilling temps, high-tech union organizers, and "permatemp" agents produced unintended consequences -- and a cautionary tale.READ»
