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How One Company Replaced Meetings and Bureaucracy With Pairs, Ceremonies, and Storytelling BY DRAKE BAER, fastcompany.com At Menlo Innovations, structure—and multiple keyboards—allows you to split the difference between chaos and bureaucracy. “This year we’re at 330 tours,” says Rich Sheridan, the founder of Menlo Innovations in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He’s not… http://flip.it/BHLeu Related articles How…
GE’s Ingenious Idea for Simplifying Every Gadget in Your Kitchen Joseph Flaherty, wired.com EcoSwitch, a modular kitchen kit, could replace half a dozen gadgets. http://flip.it/41vs7 Related articles GE’s Ingenious Idea for Simplifying Every Gadget in Your Kitchen (wired.com) GE’s Ingenious Idea for Simplifying Every Gadget in Your Kitchen (industrialextractor.wordpress.com) Cookscape Offer 10 Years Warranty For…
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Lori Zimmer, ecouterre.com Photo by Lori Zimmer for EcouterreWith a belief that fragrances should not be fake, Juniper Ridge is the world’s only wild fragrance company. Each of Juniper Ridge’s products are made by harvesting plants, bark, moss, mushrooms and tree trimmings… http://flip.it/KhAUe Juniper Ridge’s Wild-Harvested Fragrances Capture Nature in a Bottle Related articles New…
This anti-aging brain trust is the most interesting startup in Silicon Valley Christina Farr, venturebeat.com In September, Google chief executive Larry Page announced his latest “moonshot,” a mysterious new venture to extend the human life span. We don’t know much yet about the initiative, dubbed Calico, but Page revealed in a blog post th… Related…
3 Life Sciences Companies That Are Built to Last Luke Timmerman, xconomy.com Luke TimmermanLots of biotech companies today say they want to be great for a long, long time. But which of today’s companies are actually doing it? Which ones are truly visionary, and built to last?These questions have been on my mind sinc… Related…
Lana Winter-Hébert, lifehack.org Oh, the Brits. No-one can snark quite like they do, and there are certain turns of phrase that are so utterly delightful, the rest of the world really should sit up and take note. Below are just a few common British expressions that you might like… 75 Simple British Slang Expressions You…
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‘Peak Car’ and the Beginning of the End of the Commute businessweek.com A growing number of urban planners and transportation experts believe that the developed world’s car traffic will decline Related articles ‘Peak Car’ and the Beginning of the End of the Commute (businessweek.com) Have We Reached ‘Peak Car’? What Driving Might Be Like in…
Inside the AirBNB Headquarters in San Francisco Staff, hypebeast.com Though it is in the distinct business of creating homey accommodations in any location, at the end of the day AirBNB needs its own nest. To cope with its impressive growth over the past few years, the burgeoning website has recently… http://flip.it/RVCLd Related articles Inside the…
Innovative (and Absurd) Ways Companies Are Attracting Tech Talent inc.com http://flip.it/V4btd Related articles Apple’s New HQ and Why This Could Seriously Hurt Their Business (mycresearch.wordpress.com)
Tapping Medical Marijuana’s For Sleep Apnea NYTimes.com Related articles Doctor, patient frustrated by DHHS denial of medical pot prescription for Tourette syndrome (bangordailynews.com)
Think Your Interview Process is Fair? Read This Letter. BY Suzanne Lucas, inc.com Most companies demand plenty of information from job applicants. There’s no good reason for this to be a one-way street. What would happen if job candidates treated you the way you treat them? You might be receiving letters such as this… http://flip.it/OKFsL…
5 Reasons Why Consumer Collaboration and Big Data Are a Perfect Match BY Diane Hessan, inc.com Data reveals patterns. Once you add consumer insights, you can innovate for the future based on what you know now. In an article in the Harvard Business Review called “Collaborative Advantage: The Art of Alliances,” my friend… Related articles…
The 9 Worst Mission Statements of All Time BY Minda Zetlin, inc.com If your mission statement contains no typos, mentions what your company does, and doesn’t go on for a whole page, you’re already doing better than these major brands. A mission statement can be a forceful way to motivate yourself and your t… http://flip.it/cDTR7…
Performance Reviews Don’t Have To Be Absolutely Awful BY DRAKE BAER, fastcompany.com As the end of the year approaches, so do annual performance evaluations. But the process doesn’t have to be painful and counterproductive. Here are your problems solved. The (often dreaded) annual performance review is an inescapable part of… http://flip.it/qPmeJ Related articles Content curators…
New MIT Media Lab Tool Lets Anyone Visualize Unwieldy Government Data fastcodesign.com Innovation By Design DataViva, a project developed in part by Media Lab professor César Hidalgo, aims to make a wide swath of government economic data usable with a series of visualization apps. In the four years since the U.S. government… http://flip.it/E0nsK Related articles…
In The Hospital Of The Future, Big Data Is One Of Your Doctors fastcoexist.com From our genomes to Jawbones, the amount of data about health is exploding. Bringing on top Silicon Valley talent, one NYC hospital is preparing for a future where it can analyze and predict its patients’ health needs—and maybe change our… http://flip.it/CftJ7…
What Really Drove 23andMe And The FDA Apart BY ROBERT SAFIAN, fastcompany.com Is getting a $99 DNA test really hazardous to your health? Our editor-in-chief decodes an innovation dustup. When we put 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki on the cover of Fast Company’s November issue, we didn’t expect the FDA to yank the compan… http://flip.it/UoyAS Related…
Soylent Meets Whole Foods: Ambro Is An Organic, High-End Meal Replacement Shake fastcoexist.com The buzzy liquid meal substitute market just got more crowded with a crunchy new entry made of natural ingredients instead of chemical powders. Drink up! If all the hype around food replacement startup Soylent is to be believed, there is a la……
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