Message-ID: <20980916.1075855015089.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 13:13:48 -0700 (PDT) From: fasttake@fastcompany.com To: fasttake@fastcompany.com Subject: October 24, 2001: Battle Plan Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Fast Company <fasttake@fastcompany.com>@ENRON X-To: Fast Take <fasttake@fastcompany.com> X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \MSANCH2 (Non-Privileged)\Inbox X-Origin: Sanchez-M X-FileName: MSANCH2 (Non-Privileged).pst Fast Company's Fast Take newsletter October 24, 2001 "The great paradox of the 21st century is that, in this age of powerful technology, the biggest problems we face internationally are problems of the human soul." -- Ralph Peters, former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and author of "Fighting for the Future" http://robin.fastcompany.com/cgi-bin/nph-t.pl?U=1780&M=79151&MS=3242 Like this? Sign up for a daily jolt of smart thinking: http://robin.fastcompany.com/cgi-bin/nph-t.pl?U=1669&M=79151&MS=3242 ----------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS ----------------------------------------------------- * New on Fastcompany.com: Battle Plan * November Issue: Who's Fast 2002 * Fast 50 Readers' Challenge: Call for Entries ----------------------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT ----------------------------------------------------- GET CAPITAL FAST! The InvestorProtector(TM) is financial insurance that helps raise capital by guaranteeing an investor's principal. The investor is guaranteed to get at least his principal plus the opportunity for even greater returns when the business succeeds. The business owner retains control. http://robin.fastcompany.com/cgi-bin/nph-t.pl?U=1791&M=79151&MS=3242 ----------------------------------------------------- NEW ON FASTCOMPANY.COM: Battle Plan ----------------------------------------------------- Battle Plan | by Anni Layne Rodgers Former Army lieutenant colonel Ralph Peters outlines nine strategies for understanding, fighting, and defeating the new enemy. Rule #1: Culture is king. http://robin.fastcompany.com/cgi-bin/nph-t.pl?U=1781&M=79151&MS=3242 Good Work | by Polly LaBarre An important new book testifies to the power of professional excellence and to the challenges of meeting social commitments in the face of fierce marketplace pressures. Can you pass the "mirror test" ? http://robin.fastcompany.com/cgi-bin/nph-t.pl?U=1782&M=79151&MS=3242 Who's Fast Spotlight: Bob Moffat | by Charles Fishman Bob Moffat has one of the more thankless big jobs in an industry ruled by price wars, vanishing stock prices, consolidations, and layoffs. So why is Moffat, head of IBM's PC group, having such a good time at work? http://robin.fastcompany.com/cgi-bin/nph-t.pl?U=1783&M=79151&MS=3242 For new Web-exclusive content every day, visit: http://robin.fastcompany.com/cgi-bin/nph-t.pl?U=1784&M=79151&MS=3242 ----------------------------------------------------- NOVEMBER ISSUE: Who's Fast 2002 ---------------------------------------------------- In a new world reframed by terror and war, we continue to celebrate the acts of innovation, leadership, and personal challenge that are the hallmark of our Who's Fast issue and Fast Company. Last week, we brought you two of these everyday heroes. Today, we present two of our greatest disrupters ... DISRUPTER: Stephen Friend | by George Anders The driving force behind a genomics technology that may reshape how drug companies fight disease and test new products is conducting a second experiment: figuring out whether he can transplant the energy of a startup into the giant that bought his company. http://robin.fastcompany.com/cgi-bin/nph-t.pl?U=1785&M=79151&MS=3242 DISRUPTER: Akira Ishikawa | by Paul C. Judge The semiconductor has been the driving force behind the digital revolution. Now Akira Ishikawa is looking to force the revolution into overdrive by creating semiconductors in the form of spheres instead of chips -- a breakthrough with truly electrifying implications. http://robin.fastcompany.com/cgi-bin/nph-t.pl?U=1786&M=79151&MS=3242 Read more from Who's Fast 2002: http://robin.fastcompany.com/cgi-bin/nph-t.pl?U=1787&M=79151&MS=3242 ----------------------------------------------------- FAST 50 READERS' CHALLENGE: Call for Entries ----------------------------------------------------- Are you in fast company? You could be. The Fast 50 is our first-ever global readers' challenge and already a huge success. Hundreds of entries are flooding in, and we still want to hear from you! We are searching the globe for ordinary people doing extraordinary things -- we're looking for senior executives, in-the-trenches team leaders, engineers, marketers, and high-impact leaders from all kinds of backgrounds. 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