Topic: Terrorism

Media: Message of Fear

After nearly three years, Osama bin Laden has resurfaced in American mainstream media. A video emerged on Tuesday featuring the terror leader's still image and his voice in which he praises the 19 "champions" (suicide hijackers) who ...READ»

Driving in the Valley of the Shadow of Death

It's the management problem from hell: How do you run a company whose customers and employees are being killed?READ»

Fast Talk: 9/11/02

It's one year later. Where were you then? Where are you now? How have you changed?READ»

Time to Take Stock

"We're not only fighting back militarily, but we're also fighting back with our values."READ»

Battle Plan

Former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel Ralph Peters outlines nine strategies for understanding, fighting, and defeating the new enemy. Rule #1: Culture is king.READ»

A Monument to Work?

There's an interesting debate brewing in New York City over the design of the World Trade Center memorial. The original plan calls for the names of the 2,979 victims of the trade center terrorist acts in 1993 and 2001 to be listed ...READ»

Fighting Spirit

A letter from the founding editors.READ»

Continental Courage

Where do you find courage in this country? Not in the southern or western U.S., which overwhelming succumbed to the Bush campaign's fear mongering and Dick Cheney's demented suggestion that a vote for John Kerry is a vote for the ...READ»

Implications of Mumbai terror attack ...

Some thing is needed to be done soon, else it might get too late!READ»

Lives Defined by Work, Even in Death

There's no more telling example of how people identify themselves--or are identified-- by what they do, than in the current argument over the 9/11 memorial plans for Ground Zero. When the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation ...READ»

Security Check

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Sky Fighter

Daniel Libeskind shares his vision for architecture and why he's at peace with the plans for Ground Zero that replaced his own.READ»

What Is Security?

And who provides it? According to BENS -- Business Executives for National Security -- national security is everybody's business.READ»

Covering The Mumbai Attacks: What Can We Learn?

I have a question: Will we learn anything from the terrorist attacks in Mumbai last week? I'm not talking about international politics, or security.  I am talking about media -- how do the ways in which we consume and share ...READ»

Fast Cities: New York

In the aftermath of September 11, New York police commissioner Ray Kelly built the most successful local counterterrorism unit in the U.S. and perhaps the world. The team, which has 600 experts that know some four dozen languages, routinely dispatches officers overseas for work in cities believed to be terror targets.READ»

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The Twitter Threat: Tweeting Terrorists?

U.S. Army Intelligence is concerned that terrorists might use the micro-blogging platform Twitter to coordinate attacks, according to a draft report compiled by the 304th Military Intelligence Battalion. Oh no -- batten the hatches!READ»

What It Takes to Win the 40-Year War

According to one military expert on global terror, we're at the outset of a war that could last 40 years. Here are four bold strategies to help you adjust to this new reality -- and make sure that we win the war.READ»

Al Qaeda Endorses McCain

In an endorsement that will not be welcomed by Mr McCain's flagging campaign, the group said that if al-Qaeda wants to exhaust the USmilitarily and economically, the "impetuous" Republican presidential candidate is the ...READ»

We're going green

Here at Fast Company World Headquarters, we're looking ahead to . . . our brand new world headquarters. In March, we'll be moving downtown to 7 World Trade Center, the rebuilt version of a tower destroyed in the 9/11 attacks five ...READ»

Business Fights Back: Crisis and Confidence at Ground Zero

Pamela Porter and her colleagues at Crisis Management International are the National Guard of therapists -- called to duty at a moment's notice to respond to disaster. Here's the remarkable story of their response to September 11.READ»

War on Terror: Obstacle to Innovation?

Hey everybody, my name is Jeff De Cagna and I write The Association Innovation Blog. I want to thank Heath Row and FC Now for allowing me and other long-time FC readers to contribute to the blog. It's a great honor and I know it ...READ»

The WTC Memorial: Rebranded

A new logo strips away the mess that symbolizes the chaos of the WTC site.READ»

The Hard Truth About New York

You can listen to the boosters talk about the rebuilding of the Twin Towers. Or you can face the truth: New York is in danger of tipping over.READ»

Strategy

"Those who out of cowardice use their wealth to pay Danegeld to the preachers of hate and destruction must be taught that this aggression will boomerang. A nuclear war stirred up against the 'infidels' might end up displacing Mecca ...READ»

Leadership: Tagged for a Leadership Challenge

I was recently asked to participate in a challenge called “Why Most Leadership Sucks, Including Yours…by John W. McKenna. I wasn’t thrilled with his languaging and told him as much on a previous Fast Company post to which he ...READ»