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October 17, 2016
4 Parks That Are Making Their Cities More Beautiful--And Sustainable
Here's how Thomas Woltz and company channel site-specific details into meaningful, large-scale parks.
Here's how Thomas Woltz and company channel site-specific details into meaningful, large-scale parks.
When the landscape architecture firm Nelson Byrd Woltz designs urban parks, it looks at two things: cultural history and natural ecological systems. By blending the two, the firm creates public spaces that are deeply rooted in a specific place and that help cities become more environmentally sustainable. Here's how they did it in four cities across the country.
Issa Rae: "We Don't Get To Just Be Boring"
The actress, showrunner, and comedian discusses the drive for diversity in television and finding her voice on HBO's Insecure.
The actress, showrunner, and comedian discusses the drive for diversity in television and finding her voice on HBO's Insecure.
Issa Rae's gawky-yet-relatable humor won her a throng of fans on YouTube and a place on best-seller lists for her memoir, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl. Here, she talks about her new HBO show, Insecure, why she loves Seinfeld, and the movement to diversify media.
GM To Top Tech Talent: Ditch Silicon Valley For Detroit
By reinventing its culture, the old-line automaker hopes to attract those looking to shake things up, rather than beat them into submission.
By reinventing its culture, the old-line automaker hopes to attract those looking to shake things up, rather than beat them into submission.
When General Motors CEO Mary Barra first visited Cruise Automation, the autonomous systems startup GM acquired last spring for $581 million, she told its staffers, "I want to take your energy and speed, and your way of looking at things, and drive it into the core [of GM]."
Five Lessons I Learned When I Started Doing Business In Latin America
This Mexican-American tech worker thought he'd be well-prepared for the Latin business world, but still met with a few surprises.
This Mexican-American tech worker thought he'd be well-prepared for the Latin business world, but still met with a few surprises.
Three years ago, I began working with Latin American brands and agencies. At the time, I joked that being Mexican-American had finally paid off for me. But as it turns out, an upbringing filled with carne asada, telenovelas, and Liga MX didn't prepare me for the complex and distinctive business styles I found throughout Latin America.
How To Tell A Great Story Without Rambling Endlessly
These tips can help you stick to the point and keep your listeners interested.
These tips can help you stick to the point and keep your listeners interested.
"I'm having the absolute worst day," a friend of mine said as she sighed and plopped herself down in the chair across from me at a restaurant where we were meeting for after-work drinks and appetizers.
October 16, 2016
A Tale Of The Two Most Local Chipotles In America
Where do the ingredients that fill your Chipotle burrito come from? We talked with farmers, suppliers, and supply-chain execs to try to learn the truth.
Where do the ingredients that fill your Chipotle burrito come from? We talked with farmers, suppliers, and supply-chain execs to try to learn the truth.
One of the most locally sourced Chipotle restaurants in America is in Harrisonburg, Virginia, at a strip mall near James Madison University. At first glance, this Chipotle appears no different than any other suburban fast-food chain. It sits next door to a Verizon Wireless in the same parking lot as a Walmart Supercenter. But this venue offers something no other nearby chain does, let alone most Chipotle locations: Its pork is sourced from Polyface Farms, a family-owned operation just 45 minutes away.
Chipotle's Mark Crumpacker Talks Chorizo, Comebacks, And Cocaine
Chief creative officer Mark Crumpacker speaks candidly about coming back from both the company food-safety crisis and his personal one.
Chief creative officer Mark Crumpacker speaks candidly about coming back from both the company food-safety crisis and his personal one.
"It's great to be back. Obviously what's happened and what's ongoing is something I wouldn't wish on anybody. But stuff happens."
Is It Safe To Eat At Chipotle Now?
After a series of food-safety incidents that began in the latter half of 2015, customers have their doubts about the safety of Chipotle's food.
After a series of food-safety incidents that began in the latter half of 2015, customers have their doubts about the safety of Chipotle's food.
Is it now safe to eat at Chipotle? After a series of food-safety incidents that began in the latter half of 2015, including outbreaks related to E. coli, norovirus, and salmonella, once loyal customers of the Mexican-inspired restaurant chain still have their doubts.
Slideshow: Which Chain Could Be The Next Chipotle?
Which of these promising fast-casual brands will be the next big success?
Which of these promising fast-casual brands will be the next big success?
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Chipotle Mexican Grill was a sizzling business with a red-hot stock until an E. coli outbreak derailed its future. Can a mission-based company make gobs of money and still save the world?
When Steve Ells started the first Chipotle restaurant in 1993 in Denver, at the former site of a Dolly Madison ice cream parlor, the 28-year-old Colorado native couldn't imagine that his take on a Mission-style burrito joint would one day upend the fast-food world. Ells wasn't a businessman with a particular acumen for scaling operations; he was a chef who put his heart into every onion he sliced, every pork shoulder he braised, and every meal he served. In the early days, he didn't even think to write down Chipotle's recipes on paper: He'd verbally convey them to all new hires, working shoulder to shoulder with them over pots and pans and cutting boards as they learned what made this restaurant unique compared with conventional, automated chains like McDonald's and Taco Bell.
Chipotle Eats Itself
Chipotle Mexican Grill was a sizzling business with a red-hot stock until an E. coli outbreak derailed its future. Can a mission-based company make gobs of money and still save the world?
Chipotle Mexican Grill was a sizzling business with a red-hot stock until an E. coli outbreak derailed its future. Can a mission-based company make gobs of money and still save the world?
Chipotle's annual shareholder meeting on May 11 was set to be a doozy. Angry activists and investors were poised to unload on the restaurant chain's co-CEOs, Steve Ells and Monty Moran.
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