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If you use it right, LinkedIn can be one of the most powerful tools in your HR toolbox. There are few decisions more important than hiring. A bad hire costs you time, money, training and lost opportunity

Environmentalism, like politics in general, is depressingly polarized these days. On one side, alarmists like the activist Bill McKibben , climatologist James Hansen and blogger Joe Romm warn that if we don’t cut way back on fossil fuels now! civilization may collapse.

Sci is off to the frozen north to visit people for the holidays. She’ll be back very shortly, but in the meantime, here is a repost, to make us all feel a little warmer

Ad on a London Bus. Courtesy of Annie Wade via Flickr. People have long tried tricks to aid their memories

How does one get over their fear and start talking and networking with those that can help your business, from VC rockstars to possible partners? Even a personal hero, such as Nike cofounder Phil Knight? We continue our Leadership Hall of Fame series , a year-long look at the top business books and authors, with an excerpt from Never Eat Alone (2005) by Keith Ferrazzi .

What's your 'return on thank you' ratio? It's probably higher than you think. The great thing about saying "thank you" is that it costs almost nothing—and there's almost always a payoff.

We heard a lot of great questions at Fast Company's Innovation Uncensored event in San Francisco this past November, but there just wasn't enough time for them all. We gave our attendees a chance to pose questions to the speakers post-event, and compiled a cross section of them below. The first question is for David Cush , President & CEO of Virgin America: Virgin America is clearly focused on surprising & delighting customers but has chosen not to have what is arguably a best practice--a more robust loyalty/frequent flier program.

FedEx's response to one of its employees chucking a customer's computer monitor over a six-foot fence shows how your company should respond to a PR disaster. If you haven't seen it yet, here's a 21-second video that'll make your blood boil. And no, it's not a joke

Few leaders know how to manage change at their company. Learn how to become one of the few

How better to judge loyalty than by seeing which of your employees would come to your aid at two in the morning. For anyone who has known me for any period of time you will, from time-to-time, hear me extoll the virtues of the 2:00 a.m. test.

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With offices and virtual employees scattered across the U.S., here's how SCVNGR and LevelUp keep connected, and stay cool. Fun and games course through the heart of the SCVNGR company culture

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On a clear November morning in 1964 the Royal Canadian Navy’s Cape Scott embarked from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on a four-month expedition. Led by the late Stanley Skoryna, an enterprising McGill University professor, a team of 38 scientists onboard headed for Easter Island, a volcanic speck that juts out from the Pacific 2,200 miles west of Chile.