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The Unconventional Alternative

BY Josh Linkner
Relevancy Score: 91

Before locking in an obvious choice and perhaps accepting a mediocre result, challenge yourself and your team to explore the unlisted options. In today’s ultra-competitive world, the time you spend exploring the possibilities can represent the difference between winning and losing. READ»

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The Scoop on Phoenix Street Names and Layout

BY Russ Lyonsotheby
Relevancy Score: 33

If you own land, real estate or a home in Phoenix, Arizona, you’ve probably always wondered about the layout of the streets, which is quite different than what you will find in most other large metropolitan areas. Designed as a ...READ»

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Top 5 Ways to Get Inspired

BY David Capece
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While we might wish for bottomless wells of creativity, even the most revolutionary artists and thinkers get stuck. Dali developed a system to capture dreams, Hemmingway wrote every morning (rain or shine, intoxicated or sober), Hunter...READ»

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Why Values Trump Rules and Regulation

BY Dov Seidman
Relevancy Score: 28

Everywhere I travel, I hear the same refrains: "We need more regulation," or on the flip side, "If we hadn't deregulated, we wouldn't be in this financial mess." More regulation could be a very good thing, but we shouldn’t rush to regulation without asking whether it’s a list of prohibitive rules or something deeper, something that inspires consistent and right behavior, says LRN CEO Dov Seidman.READ»

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“The Way to Success”-By Robin Trehan

BY Robin Trehan
Relevancy Score: 100

everything, which I call “The way”. Some of the building blocks of “The way” are: Management The Management is not hierarchical. It is management by walking around, and part of that is to decentralize decision-making. The ...READ»

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Will D.C.'s New Egghead Culture Last?

BY Sean Braswell
Relevancy Score: 34

If history is any guide, the Obama administration will not succeed at permanently removing anti-intellectualism from the national mindset. Sure, Obama's hired the best pickup hoops squad in White House history. But, ultimately, this group is a bunch of brainiacs. READ»

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New Appointment: White House Farmer? [updated]

BY Michael Cannell
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Leaders of the new food culture say rip up the South Lawn and plant a vegetable garden. Is this the beginning of the recessionary Victory Garden?READ»

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Action Breeds Confidence

BY Bud Bilanich
Relevancy Score: 72

Teddy Roosevelt is John McCain’s hero.  If you live in the USA, you know Teddy, he was the 26th President of the United States, the man for whom the Teddy Bear is named and the fourth guy on Mount Rushmore – along with George ...READ»

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Feedback

BY <cite>Fast Company</cite> Staff
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Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

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Can Kevin Rollins Find the Soul of Dell?

BY Linda Tischler
Relevancy Score: 14

The president of the computer world's most relentless competitor is urging his colleagues to ask and answer a soul-searching question: What does it mean to be a great company?READ»

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Memo to: Media Monopolists

BY Seth Godin
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And you thought moguls had it made? Turns out, trying to hang on to a monopoly these days is enough to make anyone miserable, even Rupert, Michael, and Sumner. We feel their pain -- and offer some help.READ»

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How Will You Fail?

BY Harriet Rubin
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In My Humble Opinion: Harriet Rubin on living dangerously.READ»

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Leadership: Defined?

BY Donna Karlin
Relevancy Score: 68

What is a great leader exactly? That is one of the questions consistently tossed about all over the world. I've read books upon books on leadership, write about leadership but is it defined in the true sense of the term or does a ...READ»

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Leadership: Kick Back and Relax

BY John Baldoni
Relevancy Score: 26

The ability to relax! That’s what presidential historian, Doris Kearns Goodwin, advises as a necessary attribute of presidential leadership. Kearns, who consults for NBC and was speaking on Tim Russert’s CNBC show, presented a ...READ»

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Following the Green

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 43

One of the most obvious ways to shed light on how social networks function and how brands move along networks is to look at the Green Movement. It demonstrates the slow adaptation of “all brands green” as fostered by information ...READ»

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Leading Ideas: Getting in the Game

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 86

"It is not the critic that counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by ...READ»

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More on Jack Welch

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 28

Hiring people is funny. It's one of the most important things managers do, but we have no idea how or why to do it right. Electing a politician is nothing but a hiring process, alas, we do it in public and we almost always do it ...READ»