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Infographic: Is Information Overload Over-Hyped?

Have we become a society of whiners when it comes to information overload? The time management field is overflowing with advice touting that more self-discipline is needed to control time allocations. Should we just "man-up" and ...READ»

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“Fairness” of Flexible Alternatives to Layoffs

Professor Tom Davenport of Babson College recently wrote an interesting post on blogs.harvardbusiness.org entitled, “Is Forced Time Off Fair?”  He challenges the “fairness” of flexible labor cost savings strategies such as ...READ»

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A Brief History of Our Time

Offices in closets and homemade lasagna are just some of the highlights from Fast Company's formative years, as told by founding editors Alan Webber and Bill Taylor, and others who were there at the beginning.READ»

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Death to the Cubicle!

Want some quiet time? If you work in a cubicle, forget it. Those low walls are great for spontaneous collaboration, but also for spontaneous interruption. Here, a view to something better.READ»

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Revisiting the New Economy

This month's letter from the editor.READ»

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Six Sigma and innovation culture

There was an interesting story in Business Week a little while ago about 3M hiring a CEO called James McNerney, who imported the ‘Six Sigma’ process from his old employer, General Electric. Nothing remarkable about that you might ...READ»

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Attention Must Be Paid II

Thanks Heath...I was about to cite the same article. In an attempt to keep a complicated subject simple(!), there are really just two dimensions to this week's topic of simplicity and doing less so you can accomplish ...READ»