Charles Fishman

Fish on Friday: Two Dramatic Statistics Bracket Today’s Sweet & Sour Economy

Charles Fishman — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:34:14 -0500

Two numbers leap out of the recent news that seem to capture — in very personal ways — both how deeply serious the short term pain in this economy is going to be, and how amazingly regenerative the economy is likely to be.

The pain first. Earlier this week, Whole Foods Market, which runs the nation’s most entrancing and most expensive grocery stores, reported profits for its most recent quarter. The bottom line for Whole Foods in the months of July, August, and September?

$1.5 million in total profit.

How Toyota is Squeezing Innovation Out of Hard Times

Charles Fishman — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:31:42 -0400

We’ve all got work-related stuff in a little pile waiting for that moment when we have time to stop, think and pay attention — the magazine articles to tackle, connections to pursue, ideas to expand on, skills to improve, all those things that might blossom into something great, but that are not urgent.

At Toyota, they’ve found the time to pay attention to those things. It’s called the economic downturn.

Fish on Friday

Charles Fishman — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:25:39 -0400

Updates

Fast Company Staff — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:31:14 -0400

Water, water everywhere

Fast Company Takes Home Second Straight Loeb Award!

Jocelyn Hawkes — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:33:30 -0400

Fast Company announced that it is the recipient of a 2008 Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. Editor-at-Large Charles Fishman’s article “Message in a Bottle,” about the business of bottled water was recognized in the feature writing category. The Loeb Awards are the highest honors in business journalism, presented by UCLA Anderson School of Management since 1973.