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BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:14 AM

Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win By William C. Taylor & Polly LaBarre William Morrow, October 2006 An excerpt from the new book by Fast Company's cofounder: When it comes to thriving in a ...READ»

CUSTOMER SERVICE   |  3 comments

Customer, Serve Us

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Feb 27, 2006 at 3:57 PM

Two recent articles in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal make an excellent parallel read. Yesterday, the Times, Fast Company founding editor William Taylor considered the sorry state of the customer service call center. ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  4 comments

Distributing Idea Development

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Mar 27, 2006 at 6:51 AM

Fast Company cofounding editor William Taylor penned a useful piece for Sunday's edition of the International Herald Tribune. Entitled "Here's an Idea: Let Everyone Have Ideas," the article concentrates on the innovation practices of ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
BRANDING   |  Comment

Zappos and Personal Branding

BY Wendy Marx
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri May 23, 2008 at 9:25 AM

I’ve written a lot here about the “hall of shamers,” companies that forget that customer service is their most powerful branding tool just as it is for personal branders. All of which made me all the more pleased when I ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  4 comments

The Toughest Question in Business*


Relevancy Score: 78
Wed Oct 4, 2006 at 11:25 AM

*If You Answer Honestly Yesterday, I wrote about the power of originality in business -- and just how rare is it to discover companies, executives, and entrepreneurs with a truly distinctive take on their industry. Of course, few ...READ»

stained glass windows
TRUSTAGENTS   |  1 comment

Be the Priest, Build the Church

BY Chris Brogan
Relevancy Score: 75
Mon Aug 24, 2009 at 10:56 PM

When you make your own game, you have the opportunity to build a platform. What you DO with that platform is up to you.READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Start the Revolution (Again!)

BY Michael A. Prospero
Relevancy Score: 58
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:51 AM

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»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Start the Revolution (Again!)

BY Michael A. Prospero
Relevancy Score: 58
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:49 AM

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»

IDEAS   |  1 comment

What Ideas Are You Fighting For?


Relevancy Score: 56
Tue Oct 3, 2006 at 1:06 PM

Back in the early 1980s, when I was a student at Princeton University, one of my heroes was Pete Carril, the legendary (and now Hall of Fame) basketball coach. During his 29-year tenure, Carril’s Princeton Tigers regularly squared ...READ»

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Fast Company Book Reviews

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 53
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:39 AM

Book reviews previously featured on fastcompany.com.READ»

INNOVATION   |  6 comments

The Biggest Mind-Flip in Business Today


Relevancy Score: 52
Thu Oct 5, 2006 at 1:00 PM

There is nothing more powerful in business than a truly original idea -- a distinctive point of view that redefines an industry, a breakthrough design that transforms a product category. In an era of hyper-competition and non-stop ...READ»

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Fast 50 Video

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 50
Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:39 PM

Watch the Fast 50 Video Watch this two-minute video and find out how -- and why -- the Fast 50 began. Click on one of the following links to download the video in your preferred Web video format. Quicktime ...READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

By the Book Leadership

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 40
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:44 AM

Six leaders recommend the nonbusiness books that influenced them most.READ»

INNOVATION   |  6 comments

Take The Maverick Challenge


Relevancy Score: 40
Fri Oct 6, 2006 at 9:16 AM

It's been great fun to serve as a guest-blogger on the Fast Company Web site, and to have a "virtual soapbox" for the ideas in our new book, Mavericks at Work. In the book, and over the course of this week, I've made the case as ...READ»

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How Fast Are You?

BY The Founding Editors
Relevancy Score: 35
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:13 AM

A letter from the founding editors.READ»

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Contributors

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 34
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:21 AM

Peter Yang After majoring in journalism at the University of Texas, Yang spent four years at a newspaper in Austin. “It was a great experience shooting three assignments a day,” the 29-year-old photographer says. ...READ»

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How Do I Begin Again?

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 31
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:40 AM

A special message to our readers.READ»

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The Power of Words

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 30
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:40 AM

We're hurt, angry, confused, sad. Where do we turn to make sense of what's happened -- and to move forward? To poets, songwriters, philosophers, and historical figures. Add your favorite quote here.READ»

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Leadership 2.0

BY the founding editors
Relevancy Score: 28
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:03 AM

A letter from the founding editors.READ»

CHANGE AGENTS   |  2 comments

Old School Fast Company Is True School Fast Company

BY John Moore
Relevancy Score: 27
Fri Aug 13, 2004 at 2:51 AM

There ain't nothing old about Old School Fast Company articles. Despite so much change of the cataclysmic and upheaval variety taking place since Fast Company printed its first issue in November 1995, the articles from back in the ...READ»

LEADERSHIP MENTORING   |  Comment

Barbara Kux

BY William Taylor
Relevancy Score: 25
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:04 AM

Don't think of Barbara Kux as one of the rising stars in European business - although, at 39, and a high-ranking line manager at Nestlé, she certainly is that.READ»

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What Are You Working For?

BY the Founding Editors
Relevancy Score: 24
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:09 AM

A letter from the founding editors.READ»

LEADERSHIP MENTORING   |  Comment

Who's Writing the Book on Web Business?

BY William C. Taylor
Relevancy Score: 23
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 5:39 PM

For Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, the Web is serious business....READ»

INNOVATION   |  3 comments

Welcome to "Maverick Monday"


Relevancy Score: 20
Mon Oct 2, 2006 at 12:15 PM

Dorothy was right: There really is no place like home. It feels great to kick off the release of our new book, Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win, with a week of guest-blogging on the Fast Company site. ...READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  3 comments

The Leader of the Future

BY William C. Taylor
Relevancy Score: 17
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:03 AM

Harvard's Ronald Heifetz offers a short course on the future of leadership.READ»

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