Matt McCue

General Assembly

For graduating to next-gen educator.

Ikea

For delighting customers at each and every turn.

Silver Crystal Sports

For outfitting fans the minute they want something.

AnyPerk

For bringing facebook-style benefits to the masses.

Westfield Labs

For giving the mall a high-tech makeover.

The Rise Of The Chief Resilience Officer

To protect against future disasters, cities are adding a new job to their governments.

Shazam

For plunging into the always-on feature future.

Shutterstock

For opening the aperture on innovation.

60. Peter Marino

Architect

Competitor Group Inc. On Racing To Gain Digital Dollars

An endurance-race organizer put its raucous events under a microscope. What it found were more ways to make money.

Why A $45 Million Face-Lift Will Make Walking Through Times Square Suck A Lot Less

Hordes of people pass through Times Square each day. A planned makeover may help them actually enjoy it.

Unpacking The Land Mines Of Race And Religion, To Create The Jeremy Lin Brand

Jeremy Lin’s Most Marketable Magic: He’s All Things, To All People

Far from being simply a racial icon, Jeremy Lin has an appeal unlike that of any pro athlete today: Universal relatability.