Features
- Blam! Maximum Success
- James Waldroop and Timothy Butler, directors of the career center at Harvard Business School, have identified the character traits that get in the way of success. Jill Rosenfeld
- Creative Space
- Wieden+Kennedy's new headquarters has one design goal: to help its people live creative lives. It also has a secret weapon: The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art is a tenant. Ron Lieber
- Extreme Perks
- Need ideas on how to keep your employees happy? Check out these employee benefits. Nancy Einhart
- Full House
- Executives at Las Vegas's Bellagio Hotel screened 84,000 candidates, did 27,000 interviews, and hired 9,600 people — in 24 weeks. Now Cisco wants to know how they did it. Bill Breen
- How to Hire Great People at Web Speed
- The speed-hiring team at Vignette Corp. wants to close on at least 25% of its hires within 48 hours — and cut its turnover rate to 1%. Debra Hunter
- Man With a (Talent) Plan
- Electronic Arts makes some of the world's most popular computer games. It's Rusty Rueff's job to fill the company with some of the world's best gamers and software programmers. Anna Muoio
- Talent Bank
- Thomas Weisel turned his former firm, Montgomery Securities, into an investment-banking powerhouse. Now he's building a new firm — and gaining ground on some of the most established names on Wall Street. George Anders
- War for Talent II: Seven Ways to Win
- McKinsey & Co. surveyed 6,900 senior executives and young managers from 56 companies to figure out the secrets of a smart plan to win the battle for great people. Fast Company
- Where Are You on the Talent Map?
- What's the secret to power hiring? Location, location, location. If you want to attract the right kind of people, it's not enough to be the right kind of company. Your company needs to be in the right kind of place. Bill Breen
Report From the Future
- Face Time: Donna Dubinsky
- Donna Dubinsky is half of the duo that turned the PalmPilot into the fastest-selling consumer product in history. So what's her killer app? Charles Fishman
- Get a Lift
- Detour Rekha Balu
- Go Gaga
- Here's a gadget to help you ring in the new year. Amy Wilson Sheldon
- High Maintenence
- Extreme Jobs Bill Breen
- Imagine That
- Report From the Futurist Christine Canabou
- Luxury Gets Real
- A beach house for new-economy nouveau riche and nouveau poor alike. Bonnie Schwartz
- Mouse Beautiful
- Turn your mouse into a style statement. Amy Wilson Sheldon
- My Favorite Bookmarks: Damon Danielson
- Picks from the CEO of Dotcomix. Fast Company
- My Favorite Bookmarks: Julie Halpin
- Picks from the CEO of the Geppetto Group. Fast Company
- Norman Lear's Not Laughing
- The creator of ''All in the Family'' built a nonprofit to celebrate socially responsible companies. Now the Business Enterprise Trust is dead. What went wrong? Keith H. Hammonds
- Pencil in Your Partner
- Enough already. Christine Canabou
- Play Hard, Think Big
- Meeting I Never Miss Cathy Olofson
- The New Lure of Internet Marketing
- Web sites need customers — they just can't spend to get them. The result: marketing schemes in which companies don't pay until customers do. Welcome to the Kickback Economy. Scott Kirsner
- Trailblazer
- Staff Stuff Paul C. Judge, Senior Editor
- VP of Happiness
- Job Titles of the Future - Donna DeGrande Dixon Annie F. Pyatak
- Want to Grow as a Leader? Get a Mentor!
- Even top executives need mentors — and sometimes the best mentors work elsewhere. Jennifer Reingold
- What Do I Get to Do Next?
- What's Your Problem? Erika Germer
Net Company
- Clip Job
- Bet the Company Cathy Olofson
- Don't Believe Everything You Read
- One Click Faster Amy Wilson Sheldon
- I Need a Room with a (Point of) View
- Click Here Amy Wilson Sheldon
- No Business Like Show Business
- Career Move Amy Wilson Sheldon
- No-Sweat Internet
- Reinventors Cathy Olofson
- Strategic Reading
- A reading list that focuses on Internet strategy. Fast Company
- Strategy Rules
- Fast Function: Strategy Amy Wilson Sheldon
- What's Next for the Net?
- Fast Talk: A Roundtable George Anders and Polly LaBarre
More Great Stuff
- Advertisers in Issue 42
- Interact with the companies whose products and services are advertised in Fast Company. Fast Company
- Leaders and People
- A letter from the founding editors. The Founding Editors
- Table of Contents - January 2001
- Fast Company
- Your Cheatin' Dotcom
- A Spy in the House of Work The Spy
A version of this article appeared in the January 2001 issue of Fast Company magazine.
