Topic: University of Southern California

Social Networking and the Brain: Continuous Partial Empathy?

Human beings are social animals; we devote a significant portion of our brain just to dealing with interactions with other humans. It should come as no surprise, then, that social Web technologies have a complex relationship with ...READ»

Fast Talk: The Mentor's Mentors

We asked top leaders about their mentors. What did they learn? What lessons do they still apply? What do they pass on to mentees of their own?READ»

The Idiot Box Wises Up

Distance learning pioneer Jack Munushian died late last month. The aerospace engineer and University of Southern California educator helped develop the Instructional Television Network, which delivered lectures and courses via ...READ»

Are You on the Right Track?

It's exciting to rewrite the rules of business and build high-performance companies in record time. But when do you start to calculate the human toll associated with the pursuit of your personal success?READ»

Asian Designers Are Schooling American Architects--Here's How

Renowned Asian designers now helm two of the U.S.'s traditionally Eurocentric architecture schools. Here's what they're teaching the new generation of American architects.READ»

Readers' Choice: No Leading Without Reading

This month, we turn over Readers' Choice to three of our favorite leadership experts for their book recommendations on leadership and change.READ»

Boss Management

Unit of OneREAD»

I Play, Therefore I Am

Report From the FuturistREAD»

Entrepreneurship: Not So Fast, China

This morning the web is abuzz with some news out of Beijing. Apparently the Chinese index of entrepreneurial confidence (which I think needs an acronym) is still soaring in the third quarter of 2007. It registered no statistically ...READ»

Body Computing Is a Glimmer of Hope in the Health-Care Chasm

A Los Angeles conference shows how advancing technology aided by designers can help both doctors and patients.READ»

• Gadi Amit's blog: The New Deal

Gospels of Failure

The reports on three high-profile disasters offer rich lessons in why organizations fail -- and how not to.READ»

Ideas Rule! (But Who Rules Ideas?)

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PR Needs To Grow Up

Professor Jerry Swerling, who heads the Annenberg School for Communication Public Relations Studies program at the University of Southern California, sent me a note about their fifth study of PR best practices. There are some ...READ»

Social Justice - Tracy Westen

"Democracy is an interactive form of government."READ»

The Best Architecture in the 'Star Wars' Galaxy

The Architect's Journal, a British publication, selects the most important buildings in a galaxy far, far away.READ»

5 Startups to Watch

At the first-ever Venture Capital in Education Summit, at the end of May, Peter Campbell of private equity firm Generation Partners told the crowd, "A theme you hear from the President is that in the next 12 years, we have to retake ...READ»

• Who Needs Harvard?

A Piece of Work

Three decades after the groundbreaking book Work in America, its authors tell us how things really turned out.READ»

Start the Revolution (Again!)

With our November 2005 issue, Fast Company will celebrate 10 years of publication. Each month until then, we'll review our favorite editions from the first decade.READ»

Start the Revolution (Again!)

With our November 2005 issue, Fast Company will celebrate 10 years of publication. Each month until then, we'll review our favorite editions from the first decade.READ»

Deadly Motorcycle Crashes

While many people view motorcycle riders as a few pennies short of a full bank, the real truth of the matter is that car/motorcycle crashes are often the fault of the car, not the biker.READ»

Women Executive Leadership

Today, it is no longer about the lack of a level playing field for women to successfully compete with men in the executive suite. It's really about women executives not shooting themselves in the foot due to a lack of ...READ»

Do You Love What You Do?

If you're putting in 60- to 80-hour workweeks, you'd better love what you do.READ»

Zen and the Art of Public Relations

Past experiences and motivations of Melody Haller.READ»

Sister Cities

Fast Company visits Houston, San Francisco, and Boston in search of female leaders with smart advice for tough times. Here, a dozen powerful women (and a few men) share their thoughts on leadership, crisis, and mentoring.READ»

Life/Work - Issue 39

"Taken together, the quadrants create a map of a complete life."READ»