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Should a Company Have a Noble Purpose?
By Art Kleiner, George Roth, and Nina Kruschwitz
And what does that mean, anyway? Our company in point had its ideals in place, but its details were fuzzy.
The Big Gamble
By Nigel Nicholson
The young, the entrepreneurial, the adventurous-these are the people most likely to leave your established company for a risky new venture, and they're also the ones you most need to keep.
The Treadmill of the New Economy
By A.J. Vogl
People in this new economy are running just to stay in place. Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains why and suggests ways out of this bind.
OUTLOOK 2001

• Cautious Pessimism
  By Gail Fosler
  The impending disasters of the last few years may have passed us by, but it's not time to get cocky just yet.
  
• Growing Pains
  By Melissa A. Berman
  The agony and ecstasy of bigger, better, faster, cheaper: Some companies are hurting themselves in their quest for dominance.
  
• Asian Connection
  By Robert D. Hormats
  The IT revolution is opening pathways to Asia that could not have existed at any other point in history.
  

Openers
By A.J. Vogl
A Short(er) Hello
Fast Forward
By Randall Poe and Carol Lee Courter
Why college kids are ordering network servers instead of pizzas; how men are following their wives' careers; where God is hiding these days; and more.
Adventures in Cyberspace
By E.J. Heresniak
Nonsense has become so pervasive in every aspect of our lives that we've started to take it for granted. Rebel!
Dispatches from the Front
By John Guaspari
There are some questions-at least 75, anyway-more important than, "When does the millennium really start?"
Face to Face
By Tom Brown
On the whole, managers have more influence than ever before; yet their positions are increasingly precarious. Our newest columnist offers a little stability.
In Review
By Richard J. Whalen
In Justin Martin's biography of Alan Greenspan, the man behind the curtain stays pretty securely hidden.
In Review
By Michael Schrage
Thomas Frank's attack on the icons of the new economy is vicious, cynical, skeptical-and right on target.
Manager's Tool Kit
By Vadim Liberman
Why your employees should get lawyers on tap; where to find the best people who don't know they want to be found; how to dazzle reporters; and more.
Sightings
By Joe Fodor
The Sky's the Limit.

Soundings

End of an Era
By Andrew Kozinn
The World as a Black Box
By John H. Lienhard
Weightless Geography
By Diane Coyle
Leader at Work
By Robert Townsend
Questioning Authority: Anita Roddick
By Matthew Budman
And more, from Danny Hillis, Evan Eisenberg, Vincent Curcio, David Brancaccio, Woody Allen, Thomas Frank, Heinrich Heine, Daniel Harris, and John MacIntyre.