Cognitive Science


The Innovation Factor: Your Brain on Innovation

Want to know what makes a creative genius tick? Neuroscience gives us some clues.  Read story

Inside the Entrepreneur's Brain, Continued

Leigh Buchanan's extended Q&A with leading management consultant, Charles Jacobs, about his new book "Management Rewired," which looks at how brain structure...  Read story

Charles Jacobs Goes Inside the Entrepreneur's Brain

Leading corporate consultant, Charles Jacobs discusses how brain structure can impact business management.  Read story

Leaving a Memorable Impression

When you're in business for yourself it's crucial that you keep yourself on the tip of your clients' and colleagues' tongues. Nancy Michaels, our One-Person ...  Read story

In the Office, Emotions Often Count More Than Intelligence

Career advancement is closely tied to "emotional intelligence," according to new research.  Read story

If You Have A Niche, Scratch It

Even though, as in Microcomputer Systems Corp.'s case, they may all make money while they last, not all market niches turn into pursuable business lines, ...  Read story

Open-Books Management

Inc. editors handpick five recently published books guaranteed to help you think smarter about your company, your family, and yourself.  Read story

You Can Trust Your Hunches

Intuition is more important than most people think, but make sure you don't fool yourself.  Read story

When It's Time to Think About an IPO

The decision to take your company public is far from being only numbers based. A number of critical questions can help you determine if you have the numbers ...  Read story

John Mackey of Whole Foods on Hiring Leaders

He used to be impressed by people who were articulate. Not anymore.  Read story

A Name At Any Other Price

I can still remember the $5 I was rewarded for naming the Syracuse University School of Speech Communications newsletter, Verbatim, in 1967. Little did I ...  Read story

Culture Traps

Allan Kennedy may have written the book on corporate cultures, but his naive attempt to create one reflects the spate of faddish misinformation sold to Am...  Read story

Cyberjockeys

An M.I.T. doctoral student talks about his work in shrinking monitors, keyboards, and more for smartclothing.  Read story

Innovation: The Outer Limits

The hottest, most mind-boggling high-tech products are coming not only from corporate behemoths but also from start-ups you've never heard of.  Read story

Send In the Clowns

Creatively presenting products to distributors to increase sales.  Read story

Organizational Behavior

The study of organizational behavior is an academic discipline concerned with describing, understanding, predicting, and controlling human behavior in an ...  Read story

Upstarts: Highlighting New Companies

Some companies really do benefit from stiffer Internal Revenue Service regulations. Last year's tax law (see "Your Money or Your Car, page tk) requires p...  Read story

A Buyer's Guide To Personal Business Computers

The following 14 personal business computers can handle a variety of useful business applications. Yet they involve no more setup than a component stereo...  Read story

The Unfit Office

"Office of the 80s: Part 8" (January) could have been more informative in identifying the causes of the problems in today's ergonomic or electronic office...  Read story

Fellowship Encourages Science Start-ups

Kauffman Foundation offers internships and investor connections to help commercialize science and technology ideas.  Read story

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