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Robert Steven Kaplan, Harvard Business School professor and former vice chairman of Goldman Sachs, shares the tale of a truly awful boss--and how he transformed himself and his company for the better. The managing partner of a hedge fund had built an excellent firm over several years. He had taken the time at the inception of the firm to write down a detailed set of business principles, which were on the wall of every office, frequently reprinted in company documents, and posted prominently on the corporate Web sites.

Whitebark pine ( Pinus albicaulis ) are at risk of extinction due to climate change and invasive species, the U.S.

Rather than get stuck trying to come up with the next great innovation, consider these nine reasons why you might be better off imitating and improving upon an existing idea.

In the new book The Innovator's DNA, authors Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clayton Christensen discuss the three things that set companies steeped innovation apart from the thousands of other companies doing business. Drawing on a sample of companies that lead both lists, we dove deeply into the practices of some of the world's most innovative companies

You can't dump on this idea: A new $40 million initiative by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help develop futuristic toilets that transform human waste into usable electricity and fuel. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced on Tuesday that they are giving away more than $42 million to develop new, innovative toilets for use in the world's poorest regions

A friend of mine received an anonymous offer for $120, via GoDaddy, for a domain he had owned for years called FuzzWire.com. He did not know the nature of the offer--that is, whether it was from a well-financed startup--but he at least knew that since it came from GoDaddy, and was not just some personalized plea sent by email, that he should test the offers limits.

Monster.com's new semantic search platform SeeMore uses algorithms and analytics to hone in on the best human capital.

Tying a traditional loyalty program to social and location-based check-ins can be an easy way for businesses to attract customers and make money. Heres how to determine whether its worth it for your business and then how to pull it off

The presidential run of Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) hit an unexpected obstacle Tuesday when The Daily Caller reported that, according to sources close to her campaign, she suffered from debilitating migraine headaches brought on by stress on an almost weekly basis. Bachmann, whose migraine condition had not previously been disclosed, was said to have been hospitalized for it on several occasions because the pain and other symptoms left her "incapacitated," in the words of one adviser

One of Google Plus's most unique features, Circles, initially attracted users to the service and set it apart from competitors.

Eric Schmidt maintains Google Plus isn't in competition with other social networks; LinkedIn's Jeff Weiner isn't convinced the two can coexist. Who's right? Google Plus's overnight success has sent the tech press and Google 's competitors into a frenzy over how much market share the new social network will grab

When Dolores Labs changed its name to CrowdFlower, it left behind a sprawling loft of an office, a hip logo, and a culture of innovation. A VC firm seized the opportunity. When Dan Scholnick of Trinity Ventures was considering investing in San Francisco-based crowdsourcing start-up Dolores Labs, he laid one significant stipulation on the company's CEO, Lukas Biewald

Instant access to almost any song you can think of, free personalized radio--digital music's time has come. How can you take advantage of the streaming riches without tanking your workday? With the U.S

Amazon's Kindle textbook rental offer will likely be awfully tempting to penny-pinching college students.

Shunned from new social networking hotness Google+, hacker collective Anonymous is trying to build its own social net, where political dissatisfaction can be voiced without censorship. In other words: an independent state of social networking. Anonymous stepped afoul of Google Plus's terms and conditions last week.