I'm a PC...and I Fund Crazy Ideas that Might Save Millions of Lives

Chuck Salter — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:01:28 -0400

Now there's a line that would fit nicely in Microsoft's unusually moving new ad campaign. This week the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced that it had spent $10 million on 104 global-health research projects considered too risky for traditional funding. It hopes that placing relatively smaller bets will lead to a major medical innovation.

On the Road with Fast Company: It's Raining Creativity in Seattle

Chuck Salter — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:13:48 -0400

I’ve seen plenty of whiteboard-crazed companies over the years. Tech conference rooms made entirely of whiteboards. Designers' offices with floor-to-ceiling whiteboards (to encourage ideas from every height, I suppose). At the Googleplex, I marveled at a huge idea wall out in the open, near the lobby, where Googlers riff.

Meet the Doctor Who Plays Both Sides in the AL Championship Series

Chuck Salter — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:08:29 -0400

No matter what happens in the American League Championship Series between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Rays, Dr. James Andrews will be on the winning side - and the losing side. That's the upside/downside of having a hand in both teams' success this year.

Andrews, the Alabama orthopedist we recently dubbed “the most valuable player in sports,” is the Rays' medical director. He examines injured players, performs surgery, and advises on their rehabilitation.

Q&A: Arnold Schwarzenegger - The Germinator

Chuck Salter — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:36:36 -0400

Fast Company: How do you see the relationship between government and business?

The Most Valuable Player in Sports is ... this Doctor

Chuck Salter — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:30:20 -0400

Innovation Guru Dev Patnaik's Take on the Fast 50

Chuck Salter — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:44:03 -0400

Is Chipotle a one-trick pony? Is dependable Safeway actually more innovative than trendy Whole Foods? Should we have jettisoned AirAsia to make room for Virgin Galactic? Innovation expert Dev Patnaik thinks so.

The Fast 50

The Red Sox Secret Lineup

Chuck Salter — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:25:45 -0400

The Red Sox may have won two of the last four World Series, but as a business, the franchise has two strikes against it: the smallest ballpark in the Majors and one of the highest payrolls. At Fenway Park, every home game has sold out since 2003, leaving little opportunity to boost sales.

Now It's Your Turn to Rank the Most Innovative Companies

Chuck Salter — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:15:36 -0500

In the March issue of Fast Company--careful, it's hot off the press--we unveil the new and improved Fast 50, aka the Fast Company 50. This year's list is our first-ever ranking of the most innovative companies in the world. But wait, you say, that's impossible. Can't be done. The world's too big! There's too much innovation out there to keep track of! Sloooow down, Fast Company!

No. 1...For Now

Chuck Salter — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:16:30 -0500

The Fast 50

Now It's Your Turn to Rank the Most Innovative Companies

Chuck Salter — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:07:14 -0500

The Fast 50