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The Most Innovative Company 2012? You Decide

Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are transformational firms, but if you had to pick, which one would you say is the most innovative? Take the quiz to find your answer, plus our picks for all 50 Most Innovative Companies of ... READ»

FAST TALK | Comment

Fast Talk: How This Bartender Is Rebooting The Condom

BY David ZaxThu Feb 9, 2012

Meet Richard Pessall, a 20-year-old British entrepreneur who wants to take the condom where no man has gone before (no, not space).READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

It's 10 P.M., Do You Know Where Your Employees Are? 4 Steps To Set After-Hours Work Expectations

BY Cali Williams YostTue Feb 7, 2012

Leaders fail to clarify their personal preferences for staying connected to work with technology, and don’t share their expectations of the responsiveness with their direct reports. This leads to misguided assumptions that can wreak havoc on work/life balance--and most leaders have no idea any of this is happening.READ»

SMARTPHONES | Comment

Organize Your iPhone Or Android Home Screen For Smarter Daily Use

BY Kevin PurdyMon Feb 6, 2012

If you think you’re tapping, swiping, and sighing over your phone more than you need to, you’re probably right.READ»

WORK/LIFE | Comment

NBC's "Smash" Could Learn A Few Lessons From "Glee"'s Musical Missteps

BY Christina ChaeyMon Feb 6, 2012

Fox's "Glee" is slumping in its third season--but does that mean people are losing interest in TV musicals? NBC's new Broadway-focused drama, "Smash" is about to find out. Three industry pros share tips on how "Smash" can avoid "Glee"'s missteps and become, well, a smash.READ»

FACEBOOK | Comment

Facebook's Timeline Movie Maker, Starring Your Jacked Ego

BY Kevin PurdyThu Feb 2, 2012

The visualization tool brings home the point that your Timeline is supposed to be a survey of your young life so far. And it makes you want to upload more and better pictures.READ»

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY | Comment

Beatbully's Modern Anti-Cyberbullying Campaign Uses Avatars As Demonstrators

BY Stephanie Schomer Thu Feb 2, 2012

An army of protestors will descend upon UN headquarters in New York on February 2 in an effort to end bullying worldwide. Here's the catch: The protesters are online cartoons.READ»

WORK/LIFE | Comment

Conference Calendar: February 2012

BY Fast Company StaffWed Feb 1, 2012

Our look at events this month.READ»

RECORDSETTER | Comment

Record For Most Records Reported In A Single Story Goes To This Story, On RecordSetter

BY Shane SnowTue Jan 31, 2012

How does a tiny upstart in the feats industry disrupt Big Record? With face rakes, a hot pink monkey suit, unicycles, hula hoops, and a Rola Bola, of course! Go inside RecordSetter.com's latest smash. READ»

TECHNOLOGY | Comment

Fast Talk: How This Tattoo Artist Became A Tech Entrepreneur

BY David ZaxTue Jan 31, 2012

Meet Fred Giovannitti, whose ability to tease designs out of people's brains proves useful in two very different pursuits: tattoo artistry and environmental engineering.READ»

WORK SMART | Comment

How To Get The Most Out Of Google's Share-Happy World

BY Kevin PurdyMon Jan 30, 2012

If Google's going to keep tying all their services together, you may as well know how that will work, and how you can benefit from it.READ»

TECHNOLOGY | Comment

Fast Talk: How This 17-Year-Old's Breakup Inspired His Startup

BY David ZaxMon Jan 30, 2012

Meet Michael Moore-Jones, ambitious entrepreneur, nostalgic ex-boyfriend, teenager.READ»

CO.EXIST

A Sad Worker Is A Bad Worker: Data Shows Companies Should Help Depressed Employees

BY Andrew PriceThu Jan 26, 2012

Depression is usually spoken about in hushed tones, but workers who don't get treated start to seriously slow down. Whether it's common decency or just a focus on the bottom line, offices need to start paying more attention to ... READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

Jot Once, Remember Anywhere: The Best Tools For Universal Note-Taking

BY Kevin PurdyThu Jan 26, 2012

You've got a system for your documents and files, but what about your quickly scribbled-down ideas? We review the modern tools of universal capture.READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

3 Reasons Every Extrovert Should Read The New Book "Quiet"

BY Cali Williams YostMon Jan 23, 2012

Up to a half of the population are introverts. In other words, they don’t thrive on endless meetings, don’t want to solve a problem by talking about it with a group for hours, and don’t want to attend lunches, conferences, and dinners all the time. The new book "Quiet" by Susan Cain can help us extroverts better communicate with and learn from the more silent types in our lives. READ»

CO.DESIGN

5 Innovation Lessons From A Breakthrough Brand Aimed At Aging Americans

BY Cliff KuangFri Jan 20, 2012

Most entrepreneurs embark down that path with a mix of luck, circumstance, and insight: They're futzing with some clunky gadget, and then boom! They realize how to fix it. Or they've worked so long at something that they simply know ... READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

3 Timeless Parables For Regaining Perspective

BY Mark McNeillyFri Jan 20, 2012

When things are going well, I am on top of the world. Yet then when bad luck hits or I see others achieving things I wish I could, I get down on myself. It's at times like these that I refer back to three parables from different cultures that help me regain perspective.READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

Cinchifieds' Simple, Grand Plan To Disrupt The Classified-Ad Space

BY Lydia DishmanFri Jan 20, 2012

Watch out, Craigslist: Cinchified aims to match buyers and sellers in a ridiculously simple way. READ»

CAREER PLANNING | Comment

The Four-Year Career

BY Anya KamenetzMon Jan 16, 2012

Lessons from the new world of quicksilver work, where "career planning" is an oxymoron.READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

How To Talk To Your Boss And Fix Your Job

BY Kevin PurdySun Jan 15, 2012

It's all too easy to spend long stretches simmering at your desk instead of having a straight-ahead talk with your boss. Here are a few strategies to help you start the conversation.READ»